Green Velvet Boxwoods Under Linden Trees - Winter Interest via Evergreen Shrubs - January 2025

In the Summer of 2023, I planted eleven (11) small (I mean...REALLY small, 1# nursery pots that were on sale for $5 a piece) Green Velvet Boxwood shrubs in a staggered pattern at the feet of the two Greenspire Linden Trees that are currently being trained into a horizontal cordon espalier.   I wanted to add some evergreens to this bed to provide structure, formality and Winter interest.  

Today, 18-months-later, those boxwoods are starting to fill-out and provide exactly what I was looking for:  winter interest.  

See below for a photo showing the Green Velvet boxwoods and the pair of Linden trees in the snow:

I posted a photo of these in May of 2024 when they were putting on their annual, shaggy growth.  This past Summer marked their first full year in the ground. 

While still small-in-size, these Boxwoods are providing contrast against the bright-white snow.   These will, with time, get to between three-and-four-feet tall and wide.  I'm going to guess that (based on their current size), that will take six-to-eight years to grow up/out to maturity. When they do, we'll have a double-row of evergreens here - that will be a a winter-garden standout.