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" I was trying to trim a rather large boxwood at my door, and I think that I have gapped it on the side. Do you have any suggestions about trimming or how I can cover this gap? Thanks!  Charity Jertberg, Winston-Salem, NC  Dear Charity,  Yes, I do have a suggestion: Next time be more cautious with the shears! Seriously, though, I have done the same thing myself, and you have to be very, very careful when pruning boxwoods not to cut back too far into the top layers: Boxwoods are almost &amp;quot;hollow&amp;quot; inside, and if you cut back the foliage too far, you will, as you say, &amp;quot;gap&amp;quot; the shrub. New growth almost exclusively appears from the tips on boxwoods, so if you create a hole, the chances of new branches arising from the interior to fill it are quite slim. In any event, the repair will take quite a while. In the meantime, try closely shearing the area around the gap to force the other side branches to fill in to cover the area. And in the future, if you need to reduce the size of boxwood, prune it slowly back in the spring and early summer as the new growth appears. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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