Boxwood - Recent Styling

rowan57

Hey guys n girls

Last weekend i was trimming my parents boxwoods for them when i saw one with fantastic potential! i think i had noticed it the year before as well but not thought anything of it! Anyway, i went ahead and asked my mom if i could have it to train and lo-and-behold she said yes! im pretty sure she said no last year, go figure!
Anyway, it was a beautiful day and i started by removing as much external foliage as possible without chopping anything major in order to give my self and idea of what i was working with. Once i had done that i could work down the 3 or four main trunks to the point where i was happy leaving them for this year. As you can see from the after pictures, the tree still needs a lot of work if it is to become a convincing raft but im pretty sure it will get there
This box is about 18 years old and now 6 inches high and will hopefully be a raft by the time it is "finished"

Pictures:
Pic 1 - The box in its previous bush form
Pic 2 - The nebari of the box pre-trimming
Pic 3 - The box after its cut back
Pic 4 - The nebari after a repot and root trim
Pic 5 - The back of the box post cut back
Pic 6 - The tray of cuttings i took frm all the boxwoods i trimmed.

Hope ya like it, its got a long way to go but i think it has great potential.

Regards
Rowan

Attached Images

	boxbefore.jpg (67.2 KB, 57 views)
	boxrootsthen.jpg (71.7 KB, 53 views)
	boxafter.jpg (66.9 KB, 102 views)
	boxrootsnow.jpg (66.3 KB, 55 views)
	boxafterback.jpg (70.2 KB, 73 views)
	boxcuttings.jpg (61.9 KB, 52 views)

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RedPine

I think there is enough here to work with.It is pretty easy to picture a bonsai from this material,would you want to update this thread when growing season is on again?

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Bonsai Barry

Isn't a raft-styled tree usually created by basically turning a tree on its side and using the newly uprighted branches as new trunks. Would your tree be more of a clump style since the trunk more-or-less originate at the same point?

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Sterling

Hey BonsaiBarry I live in Santa Monica too. Yeah I think that he means something more along the banyan or live oak style.