Uncle Hao Junwen of Yunnan encountered a century-old yellow poplar in the countryside of The Big Pear Tree in the Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southwest Qianxi, and he did not sell it for nine thousand. According to Uncle Hao, the owner of this century-old boxwood tree is surnamed Tao.
This is a jungle-style multi-stemmed small-leaf bird-tongued boxwood with lush foliage covering a 4-meter radius. At the base, there are 5 trunks, the larger one with a diameter of 20 cm and the smaller one with a diameter of 10 cm. Boxwood is commonly known as a thousand years short, which means that it is not tall and grows tall for a thousand years, and it is said that the boxwood is a hundred-year-old saw that it cannot be plated, and a thousand-year-old bridge cannot be built.
According to the owner of the tree, this boxwood has a long history and has guarded his family for several generations, and his grandfather's grandfather had this boxwood. The reason why he did not sell this boxwood was because this boxwood witnessed the development history of his family, and it can be said that it is a living heirloom and a Gongsun tree. "Pass it on, pass it on forever, no amount of money can sell." Uncle Tao said firmly.
Why are boxwoods so expensive? According to Uncle Hao, first, the boxwood grows slowly, and the small leafy bird tongue boxwood with large tree shape and large tree path is a rare horn in the boxwood. Second, boxwood has the effect of warding off evil spirits and repelling mosquitoes in the town house, and there are very few mosquitoes in the place where there are boxwood trees, which is recognized by the folk as a feng shui tree.
It is reported that boxwood is also a traditional excellent tree species that makes bonsai. Boxwood has the wind of a gentleman who guards the predicament and does not complain, no matter what situation he is in, the boxwood can grow tenaciously, so it has the reputation of "gentleman in wood" and is deeply liked by the bonsai community. Boxwood bonsai tree shape, ancient roots and plates, coupled with the bark mottled, appreciation value is very high.
The maintenance of boxwood bonsai is mainly based on picking buds, climbing and exposing roots. After the yellow yang blossom bears fruit, the fruit should be removed in time to avoid excessive consumption of nutrients and affecting the growth trend. Change the potting soil every 2 to 3 years, and change half of it to leave half, which will not affect its normal growth. "The gentleman in the wood can be a boxwood, and the thousand years are not high and the life expectancy is long." The beautiful shape of the tree is a good material, and the root bone coil is of high value. This is the praise of the pen friends to the boxwood.