Green Gem Boxwoods Planted - October 2021
We have boxwoods planted in both the front and the back of our house. The ones in front were planted by the landscaper who installed our initial plantings and beds. The ones in back were planted the following growing season and are near our kitchen window. The first look I can find of them here on the blog was in April of 2019 when I pruned them up a little bit to be more ball-like . By last Fall, these same Boxwoods (Green Velvet) had grown up and out and were starting to come together . One of the things that I've missed out on (consistently) is working in evergreen trees into the landscape that I've been planting out back. I added the Weeping Nootka Cypress this year to help, but I know that I can do more. In terms of evergreen shrubs, we have a mixed report. Both in terms of species but also in terms of making progress with evergreens. In terms of inventory of evergreen shrubs....We have the aforementioned boxwoods. We also have the pair of rhododendrons next to