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Mon, May 14, 07 at 10:04
| Hi,
I have 10 Boxwood 'Green mountain' in containers and 4 in the ground. They're 14-20" high and have never been trimmed. My question is, do I shear them down to ball shape all the way,
Hope one of you experts out there have an answer,
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| The way I do mine is to just trim them as much as possible into the shape I want and allow the shrub to fill in the blank spots on it's own. I have a neat one that's about 3 feet tall that I originally grew as a loose trapezoid to get the height and width, and this past spring trimmed up into a pair of stacked balls. (MOL a Boxwood Snowman in the making) It isn't perfectly round yet, but by next year it should be just fine. Other than that, I really only trim twice a year just to maintain a general shape, especially on small shrubs. |
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