{"id":679,"date":"2012-10-01T21:33:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T04:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2012-10-01T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T04:33:52","slug":"new-hedge-installation-english-boxwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/new-hedge-installation-english-boxwood\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hedge Installation: English Boxwood"},"content":{"rendered":"
September is an excellent time to plant new garden beds. The soil is warm and it provides the perfect growing environment for roots to set themselves in the ground. I love to plant in the fall because the payoff comes in spring.\u00a0 Fall planting gives new plantings some time to grow roots, the winter period to harden off, and then they\u2019re well on their way to pushing out new foliage, flowers and stems in the spring.<\/p>\n
The American Boxwood Society says on their website that \u201cThe fall is the best time for boxwood planting and mulching.\u201d In my experience, I\u2019ve found that boxwoods benefit greatly from being mulched with partially decomposed bark mulch before winter comes. They thrive when their roots are given protection from temperature fluctuations. Think of mulch as a blanket, or buffer, that keeps soil temperatures more even underneath.<\/p>\n