ISO Boxwood styling advice

[Rid]

Any suggestions for styling this boxwood. I bought it recently because of the low branches, but not quite sure what to do with the straight trunk above the branches.

I’ve also included a closeup of the pot so you may all admire the sparkles.

 

[lordy]

Kinda hard to say given the limited images provided. It's sometimes easy to pick a formal or informal upright to imitate an old live oak with spreading arms. I have an older Kingsville that is clearly meant to be just that. But sometimes when considering an older collected boxwood, previous structural issues from weather and mother nature, or collection damage can force your design hand to result in some slanting/informal upright options which can be very powerful.
Your tree appears to be on the younger side, so you could go either way. Boxwoods seem to grow fairly slowly so you have time to just watch it develop and then decide.

 

[sorce]

How You gonna get yourself of that trunk?

How You gonna get Rid of that trunk?

That's a tool buster!

I wouldn't be afraid to take it all the way back.

If you can't fit a tool in you can prune what you can off the top and ring bark yourself a nice line whare you want Your future trunk outline to be...and when the top is dead and the callous shows...cut and grind back to it.

The position and size of those branches is a bit difficult to work with...but I don't think keeping much is going to help.

Where, if you let it run you risk losing those buds and branches you have to cutback to now.

Recently potted? Nice sparkles!

Sorce

 

[Rid]

thanks for the advice guys. i'm going to leave it alone for awhile since i just potted it this year. I'm thinking about removing one of those lower branches in future and building branches from there.