How To Care For Boxwoods In Your Garden

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Boxwoods accent well to most any gardens and landscapes having a formal appeal. They can be sheared and shaped into just about any shape you can imagine. They’re know for being perfect in gardens, staying vibrant and green all throughout the year and even in the northern seasons. Yes, boxwoods desire some attention and some TLC will be mandatory. Follow these easy steps to maintain beautiful boxwoods year round:

1. Stear clear of irregular mixing of your boxwood bushes. If you have an existing boxwood hedge it is entirely possible that you will have trouble finding the exact match to what is already there. For this scenario, look for a variation with a similarity in the branch. Boxes come in many different colors of green-so definitely look at what you have and what the nursery has and make some choices based on what will look good together. Undisputably, if you do not the conclusions will show variable growth and color patterns including dimensionally and vibrance of color!

2. Every area is different, so doing some research before constructing your new boxwood hedge designs is solid advice. It’s best to find the flourishing boxes that are more resistant to disease and also have a higher tolerance for drought conditions.The Korean Boxwood, for example, grows rapidly and in the northern climates is isn’t prone to disease.

3. Spring maintenance of your boxwood’s starts with the addition of a half a cup per plant of a nice organic acidic fertilizer that includes peat, compost, dehydrated manure and some special evergreen nutrients around the base of the bushes. Roots have to be kept from harm and will require you to accomodate them with compost each couple of seasons.

4. Note that boxwood trimming can be fairly simple and there are some things you’ll want to know too. One – let that precious spring growth firm up for a bit before you start thinking of triming it down 1st second you have and don’t, really, commense to cuttin the buggers in the end of the fall. Simply put, in don’t want to have all dead and brown patches in the spring, just don’t do your pruning in the fall. Poorly [keptmaintained] boxes will brown up and look even worse in the winter when they stand out even more. Most would agree having dead boxwoods is worse than having a little shag going on.

5. Boxwoods dry out quick because of their shallow root system. So always be sure that the mulching on your boxwoods gets done. This will protect their roots and help the roots retain moisture. On the other hand, you could wind up destroying your box’s by rotting out the bark if you over do it with the mulch. All things in moderation is always a good rule to live by in the garden.

6.Periodically do a check of your boxes for fungal type diseases. Typically hardy, boxwoods still may be subject to plant issues. Do some reading up on your boxwoods if you have suspicion that the issue is more than simply winter damage. A high percentage of the plant sicknesses and diseases can be taken care of with a spray. Just make sure you diagnose the problem correctly before you start spraying chemicals all over the place. If all else fails just dig it out and replace the offending bush before it contaminates the rest of your hedge. Fortuantly having to replace just one plant isn’t a huge deal, but when it comes to larger issues and replacing a full hedged area your in for some bucks.

Good luck and enjoy the lush evergreen of your boxes in your formal or not so formal landscape-they are always a great shrub choice for any garden.

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