My new Buxus - nice surprise hidden under all the foliage!

[lennard]

I bought two of these Buxus trees about four months ago:

Before January 2011.jpg

Two weeks ago I decided to clean up one of them and I discovered a nice single trunk in there. Most of these Buxus are multitrunk disasters only good for an Oak or Bluegum style?

I will probably have to regrow most of the branches and with a little wiring I can sort out the movement of the trunk.

I am thinking of styling it into a feminine semi-formal tree.

A few sides to the tree:

side a.jpg

side b.jpg

side c.jpg

side d.jpg

Any thoughts on the tree will be welcomed.

Lennard

[Sahara]

wow i thinkg she is simply beautiful as she is very lucky find

[lennard]

a.jpg

b.jpg

c.jpg

Done some branch selection. Any bright creative ideas on this one?

Lennard

[bodhidharma]

Looking pretty good as it is. Maybe it is a bit tall and could benefit from selecting a new leader. See how it fills out Lennard and then make a decision. Buxus (japanese)? make good smaller trees.

[lennard]

Looking pretty good as it is. Maybe it is a bit tall and could benefit from selecting a new leader. See how it fills out Lennard and then make a decision. Buxus (japanese)? make good smaller trees.

a virt.jpg

I am thinking of chopping it at the red line but there is still a long straight piece of trunk indicated by yellow. Maybe I could wait for the growth indicated with purple to grow on a bit and maybe I could use that as a new leader.

Maybe I could use my trunkbender to see if I can bend that yellow part of the trunk?

Lennard

[kcpoole]

Very nice lennard
I prefer the idea of chopping when you get a new shoot there as it will have taper there then to match the rest of the tree. If you bend then no taper

Ken