ugh....forgive me and my newbie haste....

[Metalgrootvader]

Sorry all. I have resisted a rush purchase until today. Yes, I succumbed to buying a little Buxus sempervirens , well actually there are two . I know this was probably dumb but for $4 I thought "what the heck".

So here they are. I am guessing since it is very late I just leave them in their nursery pots for the winter? So other than my impatience, this is a great chance to guide me!

 

[barrosinc]

I find it funny you think impulsiveness goes away...

Hahahah nice buy

 

[sorce]

Hahaha!
First. .....it's definitely not a body builder!
Ahem! Focus? Still excited?

The only real con I see is the 2 tree factor.
Hard to separate (sometimes) , and groups arguably should be odd numbers.

Emphasize arguably.

I think this could make a nice 2 tree planting!
Not a lot of reverse taper or bulge where the first branches go up, which is common with these.
Nicely distanced. Different sizes.

If I cut box in fall, they die. Always.
So don't cut it!

In spring, likely on repot, I would run a scissors in between the 2, removing the horizontal branches that go toward each other. As you want the entire crown moving outward from the 2!

Box brittles fast and snap with no warning, best to wire before watering.
Clip and grow can be successful too!

That's all I got as confirmed with experience.

For the price of an ok cheeseburger?
I'm with you!

Nice!

Sorce

 

[Andrew Robson]

I would wire some branches down and get some movement going in them now, but not cut much. Then in the spring I would cut it back and repot it into good soil!

Good luck!

 

[GrimLore]

Mulch the pot in outdoors on the ground for the Winter. I would not work them at all yet. In the Spring "gently" separate the two and put them in slightly larger Nursery pots - in a similar Nursery mix. Grow them throughout an entire season and in Spring 2017 start working them. By then they will be acclimated, healthy, and you will know what they need being grown in pots. If you "need" to work on something now buy another as it will have about a 50/50 chance of survival... Is there a growers sticker on the pot indicating where it was grown?

Welcome to the journey of patience

Grimmy

 

[Cypress187]

I managed to kill mine

 

[Metalgrootvader]

Thanks for the advice all. I will do my best to keep them alive and if I fail, I will do my best to learn from it.

 

[Cypress187]

. In the Spring "gently" separate the two and put them in slightly larger Nursery pots - in a similar Nursery mix.

This is what killed mine, i had 3 plants with entangled roots and i was too rough for them.

 

[Metalgrootvader]

This is what killed mine, i had 3 plants with entangled roots and i was too rough for them.

So definitely not a hardy plant....

 

[M. Frary]

So definitely not a hardy plant....

Actually they are tough. Real tough.
I have 2. I don't really like them so I push them. Hard! Hack off most roots,they don't even know it. Cut off major amounts of foliage,it just grows back. Leave them outside on the ground in minus 30 degrees below zero or more and I still have them. I have killed branches and cranking them into shapes they weren't meant to be.

 

[sorce]

So definitely not a hardy plant....

I bought a Xmas tree one 2 years ago.
Dec. 26th, I cut it from 4 ft, to 6inches with about 5% of the foilage left. Bottom cut the roots the same%. It remained indoors till spring. It is alive today.

Last fall, bought a smaller one, cut it down the same % on top, after dormant, no root work, left it outside, and it died.

This year, the thread is baseball boxwood or something , I found one left out of the pot in a heap. It was near fully dry in the roots. It has grown better than I could have imagined.

They are pretty tough.

I read roots and top should be hacked back equally , which, in my experience, seems correct!

Sorce

 

[aml1014]

My only experiences with box is not to trip in fall or just as sorce said DEAD, also I personally have noticed with the right soil their roots can take one hell of a beating.

 

[Cypress187]

So definitely not a hardy plant....

Maybe the soil was also too compact.