Pom Pom Reborn

I trimmed back the Boulevard Cypress Oriental Pompon (Chamaecyparis pisifera "Cyano-virdis') today. First purchased in 2014 and placed at the far end of the stroll garden, it has lived near the back gate almost five years.

It has done well here, just enough sunlight and water. He was looking healthy and full. However, I like it when it looks scrawny and thinned out, more like a big Bonsai.

 

Once trimmed, it now looks more interesting. I don't want him to be a full shrub, so this will have to continue as a yearly trimming.