Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
The box plant in my front garden died early this year. Quite abruptly too. I've waited months to see if it would come back to life but nothing. Yesterday I dug out the root ball. Knowing that box wood can be machined and tapped and so on, I wonder if it is worth keeping the root ball and some of the larger limbs? The plant was like a tiny twig in 2000, and ended up about a metre across. A bit sad really, and I am too old to grow another one!