To me, boxwoods are the picture frame of the garden. Your garden is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

What a transformation! Your garden looks amazing Roxana.

I think heat from the steel planter, less sunlight and poor air flow could be the problem for your boxwood. I’m really enjoying watching your videos 🌺

The boxwood are very nice and dresses up that side of the house, as long as you do not mind the extra chore to trim them.

Just planted eleven 3 gallon Japanese boxwoods for a hedge the day before yesterday. Those holes!! Ugh. Now we wait.

🌳LOVELY GARDEN‼️🌳

Looks beautiful! I’m adding some Winter Gems to my gardens this year as stand alone balls sort of like Linda Vater’s old gardens. I agree, love the glossy green!

Absolutely love the boxwood hedge.

Really turned out beautiful!!!❤ I am dealing with thousands of boxwood leafminers on my green mountain boxwood which is just getting to the size I wanted. Last year it was attacked with boxwood psyllids..ugh!!!! So I have hung yellow sticky traps in and around the shrub for now and I was told by Missouri botanical gardens when visiting there the other day, that once I don’t see the leafminers flying around …probably in May…then I need to prune back and make sure there is a tarp underneath to collect all the trimmings and dispose in trash. So fingers crossed on this one!! Would surely hate to loose this!!

Roxana ~ This is one of your best videos...👏🏼👏🏼🌱🌱 not just because of the boxwoods and their progress over the last 3+ years but because you showed a glimpse of your NO DIG garden from 2021! That garden bed has always been my very favorite on your property! Also, I hope you left a link below so anyone new can go back and see the other favorite video of how you did this "no dig" bed! You inspired me that same year and I've been adding "no dig" beds ever since. I really liked today's video because it was more like the ones you used to do... where you simply talk to us through it explaining the steps and showing the progression. Great job!! Choosing Joy ~ Stephanie, NJ Zone 7a

Wow that's crazy how they have filled in. They're so cute. And really define the space.

Looks great Roxana!! My boxwood hedge was planted 2 years ago, they look so sweet this year! I am so happy but a bit scared to prune them!! 😂😂 😎

I love boxwoods as well. Love that area you created. Can’t believe it’s been 3years already- that’s when I found your channel!

Love just love them...... beautiful!

They look great! I wouldn’t know where to place boxwood hedges in my garden. Love looking at yours though!

The video you made of the boxwood hedge got me watching .. I’ve been watching ever since 👍🏼🥰

My front yard.

i agree not enough air movement

Looks great. I prefer to dot them around my garden. So when I do prune I keep them as individual plants and try to shape them as naturally as I can. Love your garden. 😎✌🏻

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

If my garden was big enough I would do some areas like that! I love that look too!

@lisac.8266

2 ай бұрын

@@SoilandMargaritas I discovered last winter that I needed those evergreens here and there as my beds were full of perennials that either died to the ground or shed all their leaves. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Great job!

Looks good. 👍

I absolutely love them and my favorite plant. If I can only have one plant it would be these.

I remember when you planted those babies and they're just going strong!! I do love boxwood, so classic. I had a fifty+year old boxwood that got brown and I used Ironout. It only took a few months for it to look better. Good luck 😊

Thank you! I was going to search your old video on this bed. I’m love your boxwood hedge. I’m going to plant one and wanted to know how got you planted them apart and more. 🌼🐝 love your style and garden ☀️

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

I don’t have a single boxwood in my garden and I don’t know what was I thinking, you have convinced me, I’ll be waiting for the Better Boxwood to be more available if I waited this long anyway 🤷🏽‍♀️ Thanks for the inspiration Roxana❤

@a2j457

2 ай бұрын

If you're looking for more boxwood inspiration, another is Laura Bee Gardening too.❤

Your comment on why your boxwood might have died could be a possible answer the other are 1) box plight a disease / type of mold that's affecting boxwood and 2) box moth a type of moth that likes to eat the plant. There's a video that just came out this week from content creator in the UK called Murphy's Garden on Youtbe that talks about these 2 that you might want to look up; you'll need to inspect your boxwood to make sure they aren't showing signs of either of these 2 issues and the treatment for it

I love boxwoods as much as you do ❤😊.

Looks fabulous!!! Definitely worth the wait 💙

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I was just thinking about doing a hedge in my front when your video popped up! You did a beautiful job!❤️🏡

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I did the same thing! Added a circular bed for a service berry tree and used clearance box woods I found (when good clearance pricing was still a thing!) and now they are almost touching! I love them. And yes, I’ve had parts of evergreens die out from smothering too.

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Clearance plants for me are pots with soil 😩😩😩

@emkn1479

2 ай бұрын

@@SoilandMargaritas used to be wonderful! Two years ago the stores got real stingy 😒 it’s not even worth it now

Gorgeous garden!!😍. I have to garden in a budget too. The boxwoods look great! I planted a hedge of Sprinter box woods (quart size) three years ago and they have really grown. Today I noticed they have spider mites!!! Do you have an issue with spider mites, and if so, do you have a good remedy?

You're so awesome! NOW I'm thinking about adding a hedge! I'm creating a 40 foot border of zinnias and cosmos this year. I think a line of boxwoods at the edge of the grass would look perfect!❤

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

That would look lovely!!!

Omg your gardens are amazing!!! Thanks so much!!!

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

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I would think the boxwood damage could be from the heat radiating from the steel planter. Just a theory worth exploring :)

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Great point!

@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens

2 ай бұрын

exactly my thoughts, Sarah

My daughter planted 9 winter green clearance boxwood 3 years ago as well. 1 started looking like the dead on yours, I trimmed it off , it came back ,I removed the boxwood. This year another one did the same thing. Half was dead. I removed it & planted outside of the yard. It’s still green in front but dead in back. . Neither were planted against anything & had good air circulation. No idea why this happened

I've noticed that the boxwoods that are planted near my concrete containers struggle - so I'm thinking it's the heat that radiates off of them onto my boxwoods.

Hey Roxanne, yes I would love to do a circle boxwood hedge in my backyard but they are a big investment that I can’t quite pull the lever on but I’m thinking of doing a hedge in my front yard of red photinia. I feel like I would be be more successful with these instead of boxwoods which I’ve tried before without success.

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

That would look lovely too!

Hi!! Love your gardens! Could it be the heat that the steel box is giving off? Just a suggestion 😊

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Somebody mentioned that… that is also a possibility

Very pretty! Do you ever have problems with spider mites in your boxwoods?

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Last year one of my boxwoods in another location got hit with them I think, I purchased some spray but I haven't done anything

●●●It is probably Volutella blight... infects at the growers. Before it gets to the retailer. I bought 12 winter gem boxwoods same year you did...I live in Ca central valley...only 3 left so far 😢. Get it out asap and hope you saved the others. I was creating a hedge also. Good luck.

@a2j457

2 ай бұрын

Ohh, that's too bad 🙁 Have been watching Laura Bee Gardening from Orange, CA ,she has boxwoods too, wonder if she dealt with it there? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think she's opening her garden for a garden tour too soon.

I have boxwoods in pots. Your grass is very lush. What's your secret?😊

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

No secret! Grass is the forgotten part of my garden, I don’t even mow it (that’s my teenagers job) probably the amount of rain we have been getting is doing great things for it.

I would love to have a boxwood. But I am in zone 3 our winter it so cold that boxwood usually burn.

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, that is probably too cold for them

the boxwoods look great! Hey, did the Redbud come back eventually? I'm thinking of transplanting one that is much smaller than yours. Curious if it's worth it. Thanks! Love your videos.

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

The redbud did not make it unfortunately.

@marydawkins4190

2 ай бұрын

@@SoilandMargaritas oh, no. you guys were so careful!! I thought for sure it would be ok. I hope you planted another one. I love them.

I’m not a fan of wearing flip flops in the garden around tools and machinery you could drop anything on your foot/feet and get an injury - please 🙏🏼 please 🙏🏼 just like when I was doing murals and faux finishes back in the day whether you are inside the house or outside outfit yourself to mitigate these risks of injuries - the garden is actually a job site which if the gardener is prepared for unforeseen situations makes for a much safer outcome. 💚☘️💚 You know I worry if you got injured because hey …. I’m a great grandmother so it’s my job! Love to you siSTAR 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@SoilandMargaritas

2 ай бұрын

I completely agree with your point, safety is super important, honestly I wear flip flops for everything outside and most of the times I don’t even think about my shoes when I’m doing anything.