Boxwood help

Neild

I've got a free 5 gal, pot bound boxwood at a nursery, heres the facts:
1) I pruned this fall very hard (oct-nov). Temps dropped to 20F and the remanining foliage dried up but remained green.

2) After being outside and in an unheated garage I brought niside to a window w/morning sun where it stayed for about 3 weeks or so.
****cambium still green at this point.
3) Decided it was not getting much water, was rootbound, root mass was hard to keep moist, not sufficient foliage to keep the roots
4) Repotted 3-4 days ago into pine bark, chicken grit mix. Loads of fine hairy roots left still so soaked in water/superthrive for 30 minutes. sited in window getting morning sun.
***cambium still green this morning.

Any hope for backbudding Thoughts

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zenwarrior

i could be wrong but it looks like you've done everything you were'nt supposed to do. pruning hard in the fall, trimming roots and repotting out of growing season, applying fertilizer after repotting. all you can do now is just wait and see if it survives. am i wrong? maybe someone else will comment.

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willbillis

I went through a similar expierence with a boxwood of mine I moved from South Dakota to Oregon and the soil from the nursery was mud and held to much water so I did the same thing you have Pruned, Repotted, and it got cold here and the foilage turned a rustic color put it in the window. Now has backbudding but I wont move it outside until spring.

sauce

I'd have to agree with the warrior your timing was not the best. For now all you can do is wait and see if it survives and buds. Good Luck! and don't do anymore work on the tree until it is healthy again.

RedPine

If it lives then I would hold off until next spring(2007) to do any work with it.Boxwood are pretty tuff,it may pull through and remember to get it back outside in spring.

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