This picture makes for quite an interesting contrast to how the boxwoods looked (see picture below) before their first clipping, which took place last summer.
This was a job I didn't dare do myself, but entrusted to Bob May, a former gardener at Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens. Bob calls himself the plant sculptor, and no wonder: what a beautiful precision clipping. The hedge is shaping up amazingly now.
These are absolutely gorgeous. I'm
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so much fun.
Here is my gardening page:
http://www.electricscotland.com/gardening/america.htm
Donna Jones Flood, author, artist
How To Keep Up With The Joneses
and Velma, Fleur De Narcissus
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/donna/index.htm