Life in Normandy, bursting with activity!

Working like mad to get everything done!
Preparing the construction of the barn. Plants arriving for the various projects. And taking care of the horses! But we love it!

Buis de France.com 'Slowly working to perfection'

Just spend 2 days pruning Box plants. Buis de France.com has a large collection of different sizes, and shapes. Those fields with all those different buis, which are pruned once a year to structure their forms, and slowly they reach their perfect form!
It's fascinating as one becomes a sculpture and at the same time this deep respect for the beauty of the Buis. Some of them are more than 4o years. By pruning them annually they have become very sturdy and full of energy. The proof is that this summer's high temperatures and drought didn't affect them very much.
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The beauty and quality of buis/box-trees.

 

Just received a number of big pruned box-trees, average age 40 years. Amazing how well they travel. And the moment you put them together, even without planting them, they are stunning. The quality is amazing as they have been pruned every years which makes them dense and sturdy. Very rare and nothing to do with the box-trees one finds in general.
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