James

@elonmuskelry Hope! And there’s a face 🙂

@56Neil You can trim now if you want. But I would definitely give the one on the right a good feed in Spring.

@jamestodman Good afternoon James they look amazing, should I trim my box balls now or leave it until spring 😀??

@ucannotmakeitup A private garden in Worcestershire

@MiamiGrdnr A private garden in Worcestershire, U.K.

@jamestodman Stunning! Where?

@setch43 Yes

@N0rthY0rkshire Quite a lot of wafting 🙄

@jamestodman Just needs a quick waft over. Piece of cake for you James!

@Darran_Jaques @The_RHS Wrote a blog post a while back with some advice. Might help - jamestodman.com/blog/five-ways… Good news is the gardeners manage them successfully in the gardens where I clip. The key is treating the Buxus at the right time.

@AlanEDown @derriennebell @Matthew_Pottage Sorry Alan, I’m not aware of one.

@jamestodman @derriennebell @Matthew_Pottage No doubt but there appears to be no sign of trimming these. My point was….is this a very narrow clone? If so, does it have a name?

Irish yew are rarely this narrow and if they are they are generally trimmed and tied up. No sign of either here. So is this a particular narrow clone? @Matthew_Pottage is a conifer fan and might know?

@Sharon1111932 Neither really. More this.

@jamestodman I'm not sure if that means similar to training the arms of a tree with bonsai, I have done that with wire? Or is that shaping trees with a small chain saw to a hedge?

@Sharon1111932 I don’t. I’m a topiarist by trade, mostly shaping plants.

@jamestodman Really nice Spoons James, the one on the left looks like a Sculpture,I'm an artist in Australia mainly printmaking and sculpture, do you do anything else? Because they look great.

@whatkonnerth It really is. And so satisfying.

@CraigHoover19 It is quite addictive

@jamestodman Well done, keep up the good work. Caution: it is habit forming.

@lauraannguy It is very tactile

@jamestodman I love the one on the left. My hands aren’t what they were and it looks easy to hold… ❤️

@AnaNutherthing Please don’t 🥴

@jamestodman They’re very inviting, I’d be tempted to bounce them

@WhatNowDoc Good thanks 👍🏻

@jamestodman Beautiful work, James. How’s your back?

@CynthiaSReyes @NiwakiHQ All the Buxus you can see in this photo would take about 3 days to hand clip.

@setch43 Not really clipping Buxus now. More beech and yew.

@Eleniloves1 Could help. Or it could be because of something else?

@CynthiaSReyes Just good old shears. This design was hand clipped with @NiwakiHQ Topiary Shears.