Green Gem Boxwood

[Nemoose]

Has anybody had any luck with these boxwoods? My box store has some on end of season special. The ones they left have single trunks approx 1 1/2". Thinking about grabbing one.

 

[0soyoung]

Buy several and start your own private Box Store Challenge. Rinse and repeat. Practice, practice, practice.

Forget about the Kokufu-ten, its not important.

 

[Cypress187]

Has anybody had any luck with these boxwoods? My box store has some on end of season special. The ones they left have single trunks approx 1 1/2". Thinking about grabbing one.

Boxwoods have brittle wood, so bending is harder, but it's it's a plant, cheap and if u need to learn, go for it.

 

[Bart99]

Is there a boxwood 101 somewhere out there?

I have one that I've been messing with for a few years and I don't know what I'm doing or what to do with it! It's still in a planter pot, but I've been shortening the root ball. I'll post some photos later, but I was wondering if there's a boxwood primer somewhere.

 

[Cypress187]

Is there a boxwood 101 somewhere out there?I have one that I've been messing with for a few years and I don't know what I'm doing or what to do with it! It's still in a planter pot, but I've been shortening the root ball. I'll post some photos later, but I was wondering if there's a boxwood primer somewhere.

Clip and grow.

 

[aml1014]

Clip and grow.

May I ask why you say clip and grow? I wire mine every year, just like all my other trees.

Aaron

 

[Cypress187]

May I ask why you say clip and grow? I wire mine every year, just like all my other treesAaron

I don't know all boxwoods, but the branches are more brittle then other species, so it's more safe to clip and grow. Nigel Saunders clip and grows everything, especially boxwoods.

 

[aml1014]

I don't know all boxwoods, but the branches are more brittle then other species, so it's more safe to clip and grow. Nigel Saunders clip and grows everything, especially boxwoods.

I can definitely understand not trying to bend big boxwood branches because of their brittlness, but young fresh growth can get kinda wild. Plus I like wiring lol

Aaron

 

[Mike MoMo]

I have no idea the cultivar, yet my wife picked these up from the Farmers Market for me to play with. They were in gallon pots, which included a great surprise what looked liked a Borg Cube of solid matted roots from smaller nursery pots. I wanted to plant them as shurbs at that point but I persevered. Finally came up with this planting I named "Split Rock Park "

 

[Mike MoMo]

I'm always calm after working on my trees. Then I need to upload pics and Technical Frustration sets in like a pack of wild hounds.