Buxus Harlandii Shohin Progression

[Thymetraveller]

My dad bought me this tree for my birthday back in April. It had a fantastic fat base, and I reckon it will make a pretty good shohin, eventually!

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Here it is, April 30th 2016, standing 32cms tall. It was badly potbound; I had to remove 2/3 of the root mass even to get it into that humungous pot!
I cut back the longer branches around four months ago and today seemed like as good a time as any to further reduce the roots and hack it back some more. Eventually it will go into a much smaller, round pot, but not yet...

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A pleasant couple of hours later, and here's where we're at.

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16 cms tall, trunk just shy of 5cms across where it leaves the nebari.
Seasol, tlc, let's see how it develops!
I'll update when I next attack it.
Cheers all!
Thymetraveller

[treeman]

Nice little tree in the making. Harladii is great material. We should see more of it.

[boom64]

Great base Thymetraveller ,will turn out to be a beauty. I know its a pain but I would be wiring all your main branches at this stage. I have several similar on the go and they can thicken up pretty quick. Looking forward to future updates. Cheers John.

[Thymetraveller]

Thanks folks!
Good point about wiring, John. I'll get on it after work!