You can grow boxwood in a wide variety of soil types as long as the pH is alkaline or slightly acidic and the soil is not compacted or poorly drained. Contact your local extension educator to find out where you can get your soil tested for pH. If your soil is acidic, you will need to add dolomitic lime products to bring the pH up to the range of 6.5 to 7.5. Internal soil drainage is critical for boxwood. It grows poorly on heavy, compacted soil or in areas where the roots might be waterlogged for long periods of time. Boxwood can be grown in full sun. Partial shade is fine and they quite drought tolerant. Winter cold limits its survival in northern gardens and special care must be taken to select a hardy variety such as 'Vardar Valley' or Korean boxwood if you live where winters real cold.
Green Velvet Boxwood. We deliver and plant. A Formal garden requires that the hedging boxwood shrubs be crisp and well cared for. To achieve this result you need to prune the boxwood on a regular basis. The first new growth starts just before the flowers arrive, but the flowers are rarely noticed. If your boxwood are the height for your design needs, you should keep the new growth trimmed back so that it doesn't look unkept. Use clippers for this. If you are not good at cutting straight lines, place a stake at several intervals and mark the stake with the hedge height. Run a line between the stakes and use this as a guide for cutting. After practice you will be able to trim the boxwood without using stakes. You will probably need to trim wayward growth several times durring the growing season to maintain well kept appearance.
Overgrown boxwoods need more drastic treatment. The boxwood can regenerate well so reducing the boxwood to the required height is possible. Do in one session. Get out your clippers. The shrubs however will look a mess for a time before recovering. Even more drastic is a method that sounds overboard, but has been known to work. The whole shrub is reduced to a height of about two feet. Hack it down.... do not worry..they are durable. You will probably need a chainsaw to do this as the older stems are tough and thick. New growth will become evident on the bush soon, but it will take time for a good form to be present. These methods are generally used in an attempt to save old boxwoods which have become very overgrown after many years or seasons of growth and improper or no pruning.
If your landscape has deer you need boxwood. Please understand that no plant is deer proof, plants in the rarely or seldom severely damaged categories would be best for landscapes subject to deer damage. These plants are often preferred by deer and should only be planted with additional protection such as the use of fencing, repellents, dogs, shotguns etc. Success of any of these plants in the landscape will depend on local deer populations and weather conditions.
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