Green Gem Boxwoods - First Growth - July 2022
Last Fall, I found a few Green Gem Boxwoods - in late October - that were discounted at the orange Big Box nursery. I brought them home and planted them in the backyard in the bed on the south fenceline . They were right in front of a colony of Summer Beauty Ornamental Alliums and are set back from the border by just a little bit. They were in 1# nursery containers, so they were VERY SMALL. Having planted them so late, I wasn't sure how they'd handle the Winter. Fortunately, they survived and were still green come Spring. I included a photo in early Spring that showed these . How are they doing today? They've put on a bunch of new, lime-green growth. See below for a photo showing these doing well in this spot. You can also see (below) some of the Allium and the 'cracked' Ginko tree on the far right . These boxwoods weren't (technically) in the plan, but I was thinking I could use some evergreen structure to the garden - n...