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Posted: Mar/10/2007 1:43 AM PST
I enjoy working in the yard/ gardening, and am still fairly new to it. I do pretty well with my flowers, but when it comes to bushes/shrubs I have little knowledge of the different varieties and how to care for them. We have several types that were part of the existing landscaping when we moved into our home in front and back... I think several are varieties of boxwood, but I'm not sure ... with my luck they are very common and I'm bound to feel pretty silly asking. But- does anyone recognize what types they may be ? Any help would be appreciated ( I haven't cleaned the beds out from the winter yet ... we just did the back yard beds and haven't gotten to the front yet so please excuse the messy leaves, etc. ) ????? 
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 2:25 AM PST
The second one looks like an unhealthy boxwood and the last one looks like boxwood the third one we call them red tips don,t know the real name though. |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 3:08 AM PST
Not too sure  , but the first photo looks like it could be a Ligustrum,the little ones in photo 2 look rather like dwarf Ilex vomitorium (Yaupon Holly) and I do think the last is a photo of Boxwood. |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 12:25 PM PST
1. I'll go with a ligustrum or maybe one of the holly hybrids? 2. The yapon holly is a possibility.... 'Soft Touch' holly a possibility? 3. Definitely a Photina 4. I was gonna say smoke tree, but i don't think the leaves are round enough. 5. Definitely a boxwood.... probably one of the myriad sempervirons cultivars that stay small. |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 2:21 PM PST
Thank you [B][U]so[/U][/B] much everyone, this is a big help!!!!! Have a great weekend! |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 2:55 PM PST
Does #4 have buds? It looks pruned so I wondered if it had flowered and been dead-headed. |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 3:06 PM PST
Actually it never has had anything but green, no flowers. The back side is very dried out and I'm surprised it's lived at all. I did cut all the dead pieces off of it though. #1 though has had flowers like little pink flowers once a year. But those are the only ones. ( We've been in this house for 2 years and this is the first year that I have tried to do anything but container gardening. It was when cleaning out the back yard bed that I noticed large roots in the bed and I think that the tree close to the bed has roots spreading everywhere.... could that maybe be what's causing #4 to dry out so much and die down... we keep them watered and they are in the shade so they don't get direct hot sun in summer here?) |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 3:45 PM PST
Tree roots do suck up the moisture. Established shrubs and trees shouldn't need much water though. Give the shrub a good soaking (let the water run an hour a couple times a month so it penetrates deep into the root zone), and MULCH its roots, that should be adequate, especially since it's in the shade. |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 5:25 PM PST
Thanks a bunch , this is going to help so much ! Just soaking the bed a little bit this week in the front has helped so much and I think that's just what it's going to take in the back with those tree roots. Thanks everyone ! |
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Posted: Mar/10/2007 10:00 PM PST
This is a picture of the same bed as # 2 that looked so bad.... they still aren't in the greatest shape but soooo much better after cleaning underneath and a good soak for a couple days in a row and a little food. Attachments:   |
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