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I found this buxus advertised about a year ago on gumtree. A guy had ripped a few up and left them on the side of the road to be removed. I cut about 1.5meters of growth off of it. Pic was taken today what do you guys think of its progress so far?

They were left on the side of the road bar root for about 5 days.

Lot of potential there, please keep us posted.

Have you considered putting it into a grow pot to develop the branching and then putting it back into a bonsai pot ? You may also be able to improve the nebari if you desire. I think the pot it is in is a little small considering it needs some developing.

Definitely don't take any more foliage off it for a while now. Buxus do not like to be trimmed too hard all at once or may die. I learnt this the hard way with some very nice stock i aquired a couple of years ago. Had it for nearly a year after collecting then gave it a major working leaving very little foliage but it couldn't cope and died within 6 weeks. Great stock you have there and I agree with upsizing the pot and letting it grow rampantly for a good year.

Thanks for the suggestion of putting it in a larger pot. I will definately do that.

srini wrote:Definitely don't take any more foliage off it for a while now. Buxus do not like to be trimmed too hard all at once or may die. I learnt this the hard way with some very nice stock i aquired a couple of years ago. Had it for nearly a year after collecting then gave it a major working leaving very little foliage but it couldn't cope and died within 6 weeks. Great stock you have there and I agree with upsizing the pot and letting it grow rampantly for a good year.

I had this happen aswell...i think. I have another largwr buxus that i got from the same guy its leaves slowly turned brown and hasnt grown anymore so im assuminh its dead but leaving it just incase it springs back to life.

I should have taken a before picture, after repotting this and letting it be for a year it had put out a lot of growth. I decided i wass too tall for my liking so i cut it low and repotted it into a training pot. Fingers crossed it doesnt die as i cut a lot off.