u/Moist_Rowlettes

After a few years of hemming and hawing about removing my burning bushes, I decided to do it today!

The before pic is from last year, but they looked about the same before I cut them down.

Ever since learning about how bad they are I’ve wanted to remove mine but thought it would be a major pain to do so. Tried pruning them to a manageable size back in March, but they came back even stronger as they filled back in. Decided enough was enough and pruned them down to the ground today. It wasn’t even that hard to do! I sawed them as close to the ground as I could and then treated with glyphosate. (Don’t love using chemicals but decided it was easier than ripping up the roots)

Going to eventually replace these with some lovely native red twig dogwoods 😊

u/Moist_Rowlettes — 1 day ago

▲ 5 r/NativePlantGardening

Zone 6b, SE Michigan - native replacement for small 2-3ft diameter boxwoods?

Hi! I have some boxwoods I’ve been meaning to replace, especially now that a few are turning yellow on me. They get full sun and average/medium-dry soil. I tried researching a few options but everything I see gets way too big, like 6+ feet around. I need something that stays within 2-3 ft or will respond well to trimming into roughly spherical shapes of that size. Deer resistant would be great. Bonus if evergreen but not required.

I do already have some New Jersey teas, so ideally not that. Plus, because of the aforementioned ~~demons~~ deer I have the NJ teas locked up and I hate the way all this fencing looks lol

Thanks!

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u/Moist_Rowlettes — 4 days ago