GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Odd because these are well over 50 years old and do not produce any odor - English Boxwood at he farm, bases ranging from 8 to 12 inches or so;
Grimmy
My Happy Little Buxus microphylla 'harlandii'
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Odd because these are well over 50 years old and do not produce any odor - English Boxwood at he farm, bases ranging from 8 to 12 inches or so;
Grimmy
Tentakelaertje
Omono
It's best noticable if you cut the wood. The smell is not overly present, but if you sniff the freshcut wood you'll wish you didn't.
Don't know how old mine is, but it was very large when I dug it out. About three quarters of the first one from the left you show here. It's the one on my avatar. Shrunk with about 50% on the way from the ground to the pot.
Don't know how old mine is, but it was very large when I dug it out. About three quarters of the first one from the left you show here. It's the one on my avatar. Shrunk with about 50% on the way from the ground to the pot.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
I see a project on the horizon
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
And then again I could be making the whole cat pee thing up.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
That smell is present at very old plantations here. It's unmistakable. Old boxwood --English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens "suffruticosa" in particular--has a distinct odor. The other varieties, even the closely related American boxwood, not so much.
I think it smells a lot like cat pee. Walk through any boxwood allee in one of the dead president's or founding father's gardens --Mt. Vernon, Monticello, Montpelier and you always smell it.
George Mason's place--Gunston Hall-- smells like cat pee...
I think it smells a lot like cat pee. Walk through any boxwood allee in one of the dead president's or founding father's gardens --Mt. Vernon, Monticello, Montpelier and you always smell it.
George Mason's place--Gunston Hall-- smells like cat pee...
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Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
Vance must have planted those as seedlings.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I wish it were so. But it isnt.
Any way you look at it though,Vin went out to investigate and report back his findings.
Brave man,that Vin. If somebody tells me something smelled like kitty whiz I would take it at face value.
Just shows the dedication Vin has for this sport.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
I've smelt worse and lived to tell about it. Wait,,, did you send me out on a wild whiz chase? You did, didn't you? Okay, now we're even Uncle Frayster
michaelj
Chumono
I can't smell a thing when I work my boxwoods. I love the smell of California junipers. Working on them smells like Christmas. And fresh Chinese elm leaves smell (and taste) like iceberg lettuce.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
What cold hardiness do Harland boxwood have. I have a couple of the microphyllia. Kingsville can't take it.
Depending on the source of info from 6/7 or 8 to 9. Less hardy than B microphylla...
http://content.ces.ncsu.edu/commercial-boxwood-production
I keep my little one with subtropical plants in the winter. But my Buxus sempervirens trees can make it on my balcony in shallow pots.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
This is why I don't do Latin names.
Mine can stay out here so they must be something else.
No more foreign language crap being tried out here.
Mine can stay out here so they must be something else.
No more foreign language crap being tried out here.
I don't like it but I have to follow scientific names. There's no different way how to recognize species if you read in more languages, when you try to find all dirty details how to provide the best care to certain species. And some english names settle in my mind as well.
carp
Chumono
Latin names describe the taxonomy of the species, they are very important in identifying species.
Buxus harlandii is subtropical, hardy from Zone 7b-10. It's native to Taiwan and Indonesia.
Buxus harlandii is subtropical, hardy from Zone 7b-10. It's native to Taiwan and Indonesia.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
Here's a closeup of the flower. After looking at the trunk a bit closer I've decided to try and work with it this year. The left trunk needs to go but I'm going to wait a few weeks before I cut it. I've left there to thicken the base but I don't believe it's working.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I honestly am curious if the soil it's planted it causes the scent. I have an American wisteria who many claim also smells musky/cat pee scent. But...have yet to smell it from my own tree. I don't discredit those who have smelled a poignant odor. But, curious if the chemical balance of the soil also plays a factor. Just my musings...which have nothing to hold a candle to in the wind.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Before you dig these, you probably want to reduce the foliage while in the ground, and perhaps cut some of the main roots first.
My Boxwoods smell like cat pee bad. They are in the ground. I blame it on the neighbors nasty cats. They always get into my stuff. I ordered 200 chopsticks and am gonna booby trap my stuff in the ground this spring. They get on porch and whiz on the pots and even knocked one over last year breaking a pot and a branch. Kinda miss my old dog now.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
While I'm sure GrimLore appreciates your input, he is quite skilled in the art of bonsai. Myself and many other forum members often seek his advice when working with our trees. I'm not being negative but I thought you just may want to know. As to the photo of his boxwoods, I doubt he has any plans of digging them.
Please keep posting.
