Boxwood Pruning Update: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

An update on pruning overgrown boxwoods: Winter Gem Boxwoods and Dwarf English Boxwoods. The title “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly” refers to 3 outcomes I had from my recent pruning: boxwoods that still look great (The Good); boxwoods that don’t look their best (The Bad); and in two cases, boxwoods I pruned drastically to get them back to the size I want (The Ugly). I discuss bare stems not being dead stems, and show you new growth already sprouting from the uncovered bare stems inside the boxwoods. These boxwoods will ultimately rebound over time and become lovely evergreen shrubs again! Use the Chapter headings below to jump to a specific topic in the video. (Zone 7, southern New Jersey)

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro and Why are there good, bad and ugly pruning results?
1:38 - The Good! (Winter Gem Boxwoods in side yard)
4:46 - The Bad! (Winter Gem Boxwoods in side yard)
8:13 - The Bad! (Winter Gem Boxwood in backyard)
10:27 - The Ugly! (Dwarf English Boxwoods in backyard)
14:44 - Wrap up plus more pruning videos to watch!


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