Caring For Boxwoods In 6 Easy Steps
Boxwoods accent well to most any gardens and landscapes having a formal appeal. They really can be shaped into almost any design your heart can think of. They are fabulous in the northern cold climates keeping green and lively year round. Yes, boxwoods desire some attention and some TLC will be needed. Surefire steps to keeping your boxwoods abundant throughout the seasons to come:
1. Keep from mix matching your boxwood hedge. 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. There are a wide selection of boxes so you’ll want to see what the greenhouse has in way of colors prior to making your final choices. Alternatively you’ll wind up with assortment of fast and slow growing boxes with a few being a pale green and others being deeper green giving you a undesirable end result!
2. During development of your landscaping you’ll be best of doing a little studying up on finding the best boxwood for your zone. You will be better off if you can get a nice boxwood that is healthy, hearty and vivacious.Northern climates are excellent for Korean Boxwoods because this variety is unyielding to shrubbery 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. Ignoring the needs of the root systems leads to issues, so each season check them and add the needed organic soil to help protect, replenish and ensure their safety.
4. The process of boxwood pruning is a pretty forward thing with a couple rules worth knowing. Always be sure to let new spring growth harden off before you have your boxes first hair cut of the year and never prune them late in the fall. If you didn’t know, pruning in the fall promotes new and tender sprigs to grow that are going to brown in the spring. This will cause a dead look for several months before new growth comes in so your best not to do it. Poorly [keptmaintained] boxes will brown up and look even worse in the winter when they stand out even more. It is always better if they are slightly bushy looking than dead looking.
5. Because the root system of Boxwoods’ are so shallow, they can dry out and die!. So don’t forget to do the mulching on your boxwoods. 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 a dandy motto to live by even in your garden.
6.Be on the look out for fungal diseases on your boxes. Boxwoods are brawny for the most part, frankly speaking though, they are still at times subject to some problems. The problem with the shrubs could be disease issues and not just some damage from cold frost so you’ll want to do some researching. Majority of the shrub diseases that are common can be fixed using sprays. It would be a good idea to know exactly what toxic sprays you need prior to using them by completly investigating your problemed areas. You should know that if not going your way right now, it may be best (before contamination spreads) to yank out offending shrubs. While replacing a single shrub won’t cost too much, replacing an whole row can damper any day.
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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