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The big Boxwood

17 years ago

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Still not the right pot but it beats the plastic tub it was in. The foliage pads filled in pretty fast (about 4 months) and I'm just trying to pull the branches down to hide some of the obvious defects. Don't know if I posted size before but the tree is in a 16" dia. pot, the buttress is almost 12" across, the tree is 28" high after some reduction to the apex.

Bob

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Comments (3)

greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
17 years ago
Fantastic....
the styling is wonderful!

Josh
earthgirlok
17 years ago
How do you get your box to backbud? Mine are terribly stubborn about that!
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head_cutter
Original Author
17 years ago
I live in the tropics, the biggest problem is 'not' having it bud in all the wrong places. When I picked it up it was a forrest of 2 and 3 year old grown-on branches from buds. Due to it's vigor most of the branch ramicication took place over 3-4 months last year.

Still, every month, I have to go over the main trunk and pick off foliage.

Try full sun and a fertalizer that's something like 0-10-30 to help get buds.

Bob

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