LOL. My Green velevet's are probably 1/6 or so the size of the ones in the video, but they are pretty dense...

Not sure if it's recommend or not to prune it a bit to let in some light. They're fairly settled in it's new locations. The person in this video is ~opening it up for light~ quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv6LO4htbVE

how about some pix ... and a clear definition of your GOALS ...

nobody prunes.. just for the sake of pruning ...

but knowing what you want to end up with.. usually defines how you get there ...

interior of plants are usually bare ... for lack of sunlight ... as the canopy extends out ... and nobody really cares .. frankly the only peeps that open up trees ... as far as i can think this early morn.. is fruit/crop producers ... each fruit.. needs sun ...

please change you name line format.. to include location .. or provide it in every single post you make.. thx ...

sooooo .. whats your goal?

ken

Yes - a picture would really help us. To get rounded box you don't 'open it up'. You clip the outside. They are very amenable to topiary where the centre is never opened up. I looked at a few moments of the video. That woman really is making a meal of a simple task. To me those bushes should have been clipped long ago if they wanted them rounded. And February may be the right time where she was but it is definitely not the right time to clip everywhere.

I have several boxwood topiaries grown from cuttings and I started clipping them as soon as they were rooted almost to get them to branch out.

Floral UK - sofar, I've only pruned the longer upshoots just to keep things somewhat level. Are you saying, pruning the outside induces/promotes more growth. I've been hesitant cutting at all, as I know these things grow slow... Any difference in selective pruning with a hand pruner vs. just taking a shear to it ?

Snapped a pic of 2 on the way back inside right now.

Just clip it over with the shears like this. There's no reason to painstakingly faff about with secateurs. Pruning box is for shaping, not growth promotion. It'll grow by itself.

Thank your Floral. As I shear lightly around the overall outer, do I pick a happy ~medium~ on how low I shear, or should I shear to the lowest point on each side. The goal to is get these boxwoods to grow more out....I've been scared/hesitant on shearing as I recall reading they grow a whopping measly 2-3 inches per year.

a1an - you shear exactly where you want to shear. Or not at all, as ken says. You are massively overthinking this.

The Subject title did have the word N00b in it....

So the consensus is just let it go it's own course and don't touch it at all until it reaches it's growth size. No benefit on opening it up for light/air at all as well ?