Re:Taxus, too RE: brown and ugly Japanese Boxwood
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re:Taxus, too RE: brown and ugly Japanese Boxwood
- From: D* L*
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 9:41 -0600
Hi Karl,
You wrote,
"I have several specimens of seedling Taxus baccata. A couple of them keep a
brilliant green color all year, however, most are currently a rather muddy,
unattractive orangeish brown. They seem more likely to go into this state in
containers than in the soil, so I'd guess its not a problem with pH, in the
case of the Taxus, that is.
About the Buxus, i've read it transplants very well. How big are your
specimens?"
There are about 50ft of unskillfully trained hedges of them. They are
about 3ft tall, 1.5ft wide. They need serious renovation and tlc (that's
an acronym for Tender Loving Care for those of you whose mother tongue isn't
American English :)). The trunk caliper varies, up to about 2 inches.
I haven't worked on them since I've been focusing on the japonicas and plan on
keeping those, but if you or others are interested in the sempervirens ,let me
know.
Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, California
