Iris Cohen wrote:

Has anyone on the list had any experience with keeping boxwood indoors?

It depends on which species, but they all need a cool rest. I leave Kingsville
box outdoors until the first frost warning, then grow it under lights for the
winter. It does fine.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Same here. Thanks again Iris, for the suggestion. My Kingsville made it through
the winter fine, and is happily growing under lights waiting for warmer temps at
night.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:28:27 +0000, Craig Cowing wrote:

Iris Cohen wrote:

Has anyone on the list had any experience with keeping boxwood indoors?

It depends on which species, but they all need a cool rest. I leave Kingsville
box outdoors until the first frost warning, then grow it under lights for the
winter. It does fine.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Same here. Thanks again Iris, for the suggestion. My Kingsville made it through
the winter fine, and is happily growing under lights waiting for warmer temps at
night.

I purchased a korean boxwood recently.

For what its worth... I must put in the following experience with a
Kingsville. For two years I would bring my Kingsville into my
Greenhouse for the winter, and it di fine. When I finally acclimated
the KIngsville for the third season to the outdoors, it just gave up the
ghost. It looked fine one day (out doors) and the next day it just
declined, I even planted it in the ground, but it never recovered. I
have come to the conclusion that it just needed some sort of a dormancy
period, and never received it in my heated green house.

Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48




Craig Cowing wrote:

Iris Cohen wrote:



Has anyone on the list had any experience with keeping boxwood indoors?

It depends on which species, but they all need a cool rest. I leave Kingsville
box outdoors until the first frost warning, then grow it under lights for the
winter. It does fine.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)



Same here. Thanks again Iris, for the suggestion. My Kingsville made it through
the winter fine, and is happily growing under lights waiting for warmer temps at
night.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a





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In a message dated 3/26/03 9:09:50 PM, ESS writes:

I purchased a Korean boxwood recently.

Sometimes what is sold as a Korean Boxwood is Malphigia sp.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Carl L Rosner wrote:

For what its worth... I must put in the following experience with a
Kingsville. For two years I would bring my Kingsville into my
Greenhouse for the winter, and it di fine. When I finally acclimated
the KIngsville for the third season to the outdoors, it just gave up the
ghost. It looked fine one day (out doors) and the next day it just
declined, I even planted it in the ground, but it never recovered. I
have come to the conclusion that it just needed some sort of a dormancy
period, and never received it in my heated green house.

Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48


As Iris did this year, I also left it outside once it got cold to give it a period of
dormancy. It was dormant for over a month. This appears to have been enough, because now
it is very green and healthy, with lots of new growth.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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