" The author of the following text and photos is Gabriel Grzegorczyk from Bojanów, the reader of the magazine Przepis na Ogród. "
“Most of our box trees are grown on our own. However, if I buy a seedling, I carefully check if it can be trimmed and shaped "- Gabriel Grzegorczyk.
A lot spacein our garden are hedges and borders withboxwoodTo make them look nice, they need to be properly cared for. Most of theshrubs come from our own cultivationThis is what my wife deals with.It is shewho takes cuttings from boxwood , rooting them and planting them in empty spaces in flowerbeds. After about a yearyoung plantsare ready to beplanted permanently
The oldest boxwood hedge on our property is 10 years old. The bushes were planted on alternately in two rowsso that the border was wider. Initially, I pruned the plants evenly, but aftera few seasonsI left a tuft of longer shoots at the ends of the "fence". Over time, they createdtwo hemispheres , whichbroke the flat form of the hedge
Boxwoodfast growandspread się , but only if they are regularly trimmed. I perform this treatmenttwice a year as standard- in spring and summer - withmanual secateursI shorten young shoots then aboutone third length
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" Initially, it was supposed to be just a ball, but the imagination took over. " |
I know that some people usespecialtemplates for shrub formationI don't need them. I give the plant a round shape. There are a lot of suchboxwoodballsin our garden. They look especially nicealongpaths
Boxwood hedges are low, so they are suitable for border borders or fornatural wallsseparating individual types of plants. In the middle of the green arenas, you can plant, among otherscranberry ,heart , magnolia bushes andnot too large conifers We also put inflower potszyuccaorcordillin
Hedges are also made fromtui , and single figures fromjuniper ,cypresses, willows Japanese, euonymusandirgi .
Ease of cutting a hedge
If we want to trim the bush evenly, without giving it a specific form, it will be useful tostringandspirit levelAt the ends of thehedgestick in the stakes. We connect them with a string and level it properly. When trimming bushes, we stick to thedesignated line
If we are going to giveshrubs some shape , prepare an appropriate template of wire, slats or cardboard. In this case, start the cut withoverlay templateonshrubThen cut the shoots that are outside outline of the template
In case the box trees grow unevenly, fill the "empty"spacesby pullingshootsand securing themwith string .
