tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post2983439497442864204..comments2024-02-26T02:41:19.933-08:00Comments on The Gardener's Eye: Boxwood Trimming TimeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-27324112219185382862010-07-27T15:03:27.954-07:002010-07-27T15:03:27.954-07:00Tim,
Thanks for your kind comment. The instant gr...Tim,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind comment. The instant gratification of trimming the box is very satisfying and long-lasting. I still have some therapy left!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-32851636400924052492010-07-27T14:30:09.252-07:002010-07-27T14:30:09.252-07:00What a treat to read your post today! I use boxwo...What a treat to read your post today! I use boxwood trimming as "garden therapy" when I'm getting too crazed from the heat and colors of the summer garden...and I also love being able to trim the boxwoods, then ruffle the underplants to hide the cuttings!<br /><br />Though I garden in the south now, my assistant and I are both from the Northeast originally. We were walking through the garden earlier today commenting on how delightfully calm the combination of boxwood, pachysandra and yew can be in any season. Even when needing a haircut, the combination is quietly elegant.<br /><br />Enjoy the rest of the haircutting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001824862736319338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-60542219915599196832010-07-27T05:04:05.190-07:002010-07-27T05:04:05.190-07:00Edith,
Thanks for your comment. The more good gard...Edith,<br />Thanks for your comment. The more good gardens I visit, the more I understand the importance of giving the eye and the brain a rest when traveling through the garden. The pachysandra has the unexpected benefit of decreasing the clean up time. After I clip the box, I simply tousle the heads of the pachysandra and the trimmings vanish and become organic supplement t to the soil.<br /><br />James, <br />Great to hear from you. Sorry to add to your list but you will be rewarded when you have job completed! Hope things are beginning to cool off down there. I took a short hike this morning and it was a very comfortable 54 degrees.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-86564577747869347122010-07-27T03:35:55.524-07:002010-07-27T03:35:55.524-07:00Michael,
Thanks for the reminder. Mine have been c...Michael,<br />Thanks for the reminder. Mine have been calling for haircuts but with the summer heat, and competing chores, I've delayed. Need a kick in the pants.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067804781629732627.post-61381784194200155672010-07-26T22:41:10.314-07:002010-07-26T22:41:10.314-07:00Dear Michael, Perhaps more than anything I am stru...Dear Michael, Perhaps more than anything I am struck here by your observation that the Hall of Balls is a contrast to, and a quiet contrast at that,to the upper hot border. Would that more gardeners realised the importance of such changes of tempo and mood and that it is not, whatever may be thought, desirable to have all areas singing and dancing all of the time.<br /><br />The combination of Buxus and Pachysandra is indeed most successful. Beautiful simplicity. Somewhat surprisingly Pachysandra is not widely grown in the UK; for me P. terminalis is one of the best forms of ground cover [not, I hasten to add, used as in a supermarket car park where it might be employed to cover acres of bare soil!].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com