Collected Boxwood Help
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Collected Boxwood Help
I had the chance to collect this Boxwood that was originally planted as a landscape bush in the mid 70's. I pruned it back fairly hard in the collection process removing approx. 80% of the leaves. The attached photos were taken two days after collection. It grew in a shady spot all those years, and you can see where one side is ramified significantly more than the other side. The more ramified side received a little more sun. My question is, what should I do with this tree next? Should I thin out some of the branches to get it more balanced? Should it just be left alone for a year or so to let it recoup from the collection process?
schubed- Member
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Let it recover. One insult per year is enough. If it grows strongly, you can start to prune out some of the branches to bring in a little more light to the interior this year, but I would limit my efforts to that.
Marty Weiser- Member
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Yup recovery. These guys grow pretty dang slow so you won't have a ton of growth to fight off later. I'd give it a year pending how well it grows this summer. If it were mine I'd feed heavily for the next 2 summers then chop it back hard and style spring 2018
brian soldano- Member
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that is one helluva tree you have there...
while it is recovering as advised, i would put it so that the opposite side gets the majority of the sun and perhaps it will balance itself out for you...
while it is recovering as advised, i would put it so that the opposite side gets the majority of the sun and perhaps it will balance itself out for you...
Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai- Member
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nice material...just leave it alone other than watering and fertilizing this season and by the end of the growing season it will be a green blob. Next year start cutting out the ugly and pruning for a silhouette.
I bought 4 of these from an old nursery near my house late last spring....they were not healthy at all...most leaves were yellow...but I took the chance due to a large discount. After a good pruning and repotting into fresh soil they exploded with growth and by the end of the season looked healthy as ever. I have worked 2 of them this spring....further reduced the branches and exposed more roots. I am very pleased thus far..at least 2 of the 4 will be keepers:)
I bought 4 of these from an old nursery near my house late last spring....they were not healthy at all...most leaves were yellow...but I took the chance due to a large discount. After a good pruning and repotting into fresh soil they exploded with growth and by the end of the season looked healthy as ever. I have worked 2 of them this spring....further reduced the branches and exposed more roots. I am very pleased thus far..at least 2 of the 4 will be keepers:)
jgeanangel- Member
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Thanks for the tips! I will sit tight and let this big boy recover from the collection process. I'll will post updates as things progress.
schubed- Member
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