Protecting boxwood in winter
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Can I safely trim a boxwood hedge in winter?
Comments (7)Neighbour politics aside, I would not do it. I may be a little shaky on the science but advice is very, very consistent, which is that dormant pruning should be done as soon as possible before exiting dormancy....common advice is to do it when the forsythias bloom vs. a date as this is a good barometer for this ideal period. The longer between pruning and the plant being able to respond (i.e., the earlier in the winter you prune), the more likely you are to have significant drying out and die back. Think of your plants in their dormant state as a self-contained system and you are opening it up, allowing all that good stuff out. The tips die and sometimes that can travel back into the plant quite a bit. By doing this right before the plant awakens, the exposed period is as short as possible, and in fact since there is a flush of growth about to happen this is a great time, for the plant, to do it. This is a different issue, of course, than pruning too late in the Fall, which is that the new growth encouraged by pruning doesn't have time to harden off, and dies. Though the effect is probably pretty similar....See MoreBoxwoods damaged from winter
Comments (7)out here in adrian mi ... we are at least 2 to 3 weeks late this spring... so its a little early to be deciding there is no hope. .. as noted.. let them fully bud out and start growing... BEFORE you decide what parts are dead.. or beyond repair... with no insult to the root mass ... you might be surprised how fast they grow this year .. or not.. lol ... i didnt realize how many boxwoods were around this area... until i started seeing all this type of damage ... now you can spot a boxwood at 100 feet ... and the problem usually is... when there is one.. there is tens or hundreds of them ... just out of curiosity ... are they green to snow cover.. and then whatever was exposed... is brown??? ... they are planted awful close to that porch ... and what might have happened.. is the sun heated and reflected off the stone.. thawed the tissue somewhat.. only to refreeze later that night when it went back to two million degrees below zero ... ken...See MoreWinter Protection?
Comments (3)how big are they??? how newly planted... like yesterday... or back in the prime spring planting time??? we here in the conifer forum ask .. what is a boxwood... lol ... i also wonder what the cultivar name of the Picea pungens is ... and how close to the house it is??? what are IAs prevailing winter winds... is it exposed... or sheltered by teh house... recent transplanting aside.. picea pungens were least damaged this horrible winter in my z5 MI garden .... the transplant is the important part .... ken...See MoreCovering boxwood for winter protection
Comments (4)speculation re: xmas trees .... they are cut in oct OR SO ... tied and shipped... then dragged into a HOT house where they are tortured for another 2 or 3 weeks ... by which point they are kindling ... she is asking about freshly cut... OUTDOOR .. basically COLD boughs ... i would guess its the hot house.. the furnace.. and the length of time ... whenever i have dead plants in the collection.. in z5 .. in spring.. i am NEVER able to tell if they died the summer before.. that fall ... in winter.. or that spring ... since being outdoors.. and EVERGREEN .. i swear they can be dead for a long time.. before they brown and the needles fall off .... and that would be why .. once its browning in its entirety ... there probably isnt much you are going to do to save it ... extra water or fert.. isnt going to help a plant that has been dead for a couple months .... ken...See More- 11 years ago
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