I've got some boxwoods that I transplanted into my front yard a few months ago. Recently I trimmed them back a tiny bit, just so that they were back into a circular shape. However, at the time, I didn't notice that they already had some new growth on them, so I inadvertently cut off some of that new growth. So, the pieces that I happened to not cut still have the new growths growing, but will the stems that I cut the new growth off of begin growing again? Thanks!
Yes Scott, boxwood are not like some evgs that must be dormant when they are trimmed, I think that is your real concern. You can snip them anytime, and they will regrow.
Tradition in Britain is that you should never trim a box until all risk of frost has finished in the spring. If you cut it, and then get a frost soon after, it is reported to cause dieback.
I stand corrected. The new growth is "extremely sensitive to winter injury," according to Dirr, the U.S. plantsman's bible; he has seen "tremendous winter damage that occurred when box was trimmed too late in season (August)." I believe I misunderstood the question anyway, I thought Scott was asking if it was possible that he cut his boxwood back too far so that it wouldn't regrow.
Sorry for the confusion everyone. I know that even though I cut off new growth, it will still start growing again at some point. The areas/stems that I happened to not cut have lots of new growth, and what I'm wondering is on the stems that I cut the new growth off of, will new growth begin again this very same year?
