70+ year old boxwood

[Tulsabonsigh]

Would consider selling. Trunk is 50% bigger than a soda can.

 

[CoreSeverin]

Wow that is a really beefy looking tree! I hope my trees will be like that!

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

Here’s the update on this one.

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

Im pretty disappointed. I’m hoping it will grow some more. Right now it’s pretty bad.

 

[Lazylightningny]

It takes awhile for a newly chopped boxwood to bud back out. Just leave it alone.

 

[BrianBay9]

For big boxwoods I don't prune back past the last green shoots. They might bud back with no leaves left, but sometimes they don't. I think you took a big risk with the pruning at collection. Look like it will survive, but maybe not all of it.

 

[Tulsabonsigh]

Learning the hard way

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Give it time, as much as 2 months before you will know how much it will back bud.

I agree with @BrianBay9 , sometimes they don't when taken to bare wood. But you might get lucky.