Re: moving buxus

According to RHS:
 COMMON BOX;EUROPEAN BOX;ABASSIAN BOXWOOD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] moving buxus


> Japanese boxwood?
>
> On Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at 08:17 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > OK, I know I should have asked you folks first, but it's already done
> > so now
> > you can tell me what to expect and how to correct it.
> >
> > I had a largish Boxwood 'Green Mountain' next to my favorite Japanese
> > Maple
> > (Orangeola) and noticed they were about the same size now.  It seemed
> > like
> > the maple wasn't filling out evenly in the direction of the box as if
> > the
> > box was inhibitting its growth.  So I decided to move the box over a
> > few
> > feet.  This is an unmaimed box, with a naturally graceful pyramidal
> > shape
> > about 4 feet high by about 3 feet wide.
> >
> > If I did this to a deciduous shrub I would cut it back by 1/3 to 1/2,
> > but I
> > don't want to destroy the shape of the box.  And of course I did severe
> > damage digging it out, but it did seem to have a fairly shallow root
> > system
> > so, maybe not so bad.
> >
> > So, how do you think it will do?  It's in a shady spot so it won't
> > suffer
> > hot sun right away adding insult to injury.  But will it survive?
> > Should I
> > cut it back? if so, how?  Would it eventually resume its shape?  I
> > tried to
> > water it in well, but these days our soil won't accept much more
> > water.  If
> > things dry up a bit I'll try giving it some root stimulator.
> >
> > I'd really hate to lose the box, but Orangeola is the more valuable.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
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> Island Jim
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