Hey everyone,
so I was in Home Depot a while back, and as usual, they had $5 boxwoods in 1 Gal pots. Given my previous two unsuccessful ventures with boxwoods, and my inablity to pass up that offer, I looked around and found a tree with a good trunk and nebari, as well as what I thought to be plenty of styling options. However, I started pruning the tree, and soon realized I didnt have much of a direction for it. I'm pretty dissatisfied with how the initial pruning went, and I am not considering a trunk chop. (I would, however, have to wait until next year to do so). I'm just here looking for everyone's input/styling ideas. this is what I have so far:
[img]https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m204/joelewko/CIMG1862.jpg[/img]
this is the area I was thinking of doing the chop...
[img]https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m204/joelewko/CIMG1863.jpg[/img]
Note: the middle branch is actually two branches, one behind the other.
Thanks,
Joe
I would do the chop right above the third branch,
this tree seems a bit flat in its present state.
perhaps you could encourage some branches to come in front and behind the
front you have chosen, I would wire as the new shoots are still green.
I don;t know how brittle Buxus spp are. I love buying starter cheap from big box stores.
this tree seems a bit flat in its present state.
perhaps you could encourage some branches to come in front and behind the
front you have chosen, I would wire as the new shoots are still green.
I don;t know how brittle Buxus spp are. I love buying starter cheap from big box stores.
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I second this. Can we see the plant from the backside maybe?luigonz wrote:I would do the chop right above the third branch,
this tree seems a bit flat in its present state.
perhaps you could encourage some branches to come in front and behind the
front you have chosen, I would wire as the new shoots are still green.
I don;t know how brittle Buxus spp are. I love buying starter cheap from big box stores.
And buxus are pretty flexible. You can let new shoots go for a long time and still be able to put considerable bend in them.
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This is the tree after I did a chop earlier this spring...I only chopped one of the 'forks' because I am still nervous about trunk chops I haven't done that many of them (and the ones I have I haven't had much success with )
The tree seems to be healthy, and its constantly backbudding new shoots. The problem I have now is a direction for the tree (I know, I should have thought of that before the trunk chop). I mean, I have a general idea of what I want to do with it, but well I'll just ask, do you guys have styling ideas?
The black tape is there (sticky side out) because when I did the chop, the tree split a little at the fork, so I wanted it to grow back together. As far as I can tell, it seems to be doing that.
[img]https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m204/joelewko/CIMG2743.jpg[/img]
Joe
P.S. I just remembered someone requested a picture of the back of the tree, I'll get one of those up ASAP
The tree seems to be healthy, and its constantly backbudding new shoots. The problem I have now is a direction for the tree (I know, I should have thought of that before the trunk chop). I mean, I have a general idea of what I want to do with it, but well I'll just ask, do you guys have styling ideas?
The black tape is there (sticky side out) because when I did the chop, the tree split a little at the fork, so I wanted it to grow back together. As far as I can tell, it seems to be doing that.
[img]https://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m204/joelewko/CIMG2743.jpg[/img]
Joe
P.S. I just remembered someone requested a picture of the back of the tree, I'll get one of those up ASAP