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  1. 26th July 2020, 11:54 AM #1
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    Default Is this English boxwood?

    Should I steal this under the cover of darkness tonight?




    These are waiting hard rubbish collection on a nature strip.
    The large rounds are only about the size of a large coffee cup.
    Still big enough for tool making stuff.

    Cheers Matt.
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    I don't know what it is.
    But I'd grab it
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    There is the European Boxwood and Topiary Society which has a number of pictures of Boxwood.
    The struggle is matching things from a computer screen to real life though...
    I've grab sidewalk timber before just to see what it is like.
    As Mattocks has stated...Just grab it.
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    I get my blacks on tonight !!
    An go stealing.

    Cheers Matt
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    It's not stealing Matt, it's proper recycling! Pin the medal you're a true environmentalist.
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    I think it is a pittosporum (kohuhu) Kohuhu, Black Pittosporum | Friends of the Urban Forest
    There is one growing in next doors front yard, let me know if the timber looks to be a bit useful and I might do a midnight raid!

    Alan...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Al View Post
    I think it is a pittosporum (kohuhu) Kohuhu, Black Pittosporum | Friends of the Urban Forest
    There is one growing in next doors front yard, let me know if the timber looks to be a bit useful and I might do a midnight raid!

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    I suggest you harvest next doors tree, in the spirt of Research an development in regards to suitable tool making timbers.


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    What Uncle Al said
    What you say & what people hear are not always the same thing.
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    Well I don't think those leaves, nor the bark, look anything like those shown for P. tenuifolium on the site Uncle Al linked to!

    Buxus is a variable plant, there seems to be a lot of different cultivars, with some variations in leaf shap/size. However, if you type "Buxus, leaves" into your search engine you'll get lots of pics, none of which look remotely like the ones Matt illustrates. None of the pics I found for Buxus have that very prominent reticulated venation, which must be a useful clue to anyone who knows their botany....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Al View Post
    I think it is a pittosporum (kohuhu) Kohuhu, Black Pittosporum | Friends of the Urban Forest
    There is one growing in next doors front yard, let me know if the timber looks to be a bit useful and I might do a midnight raid!

    Alan...

    I agree Uncle Al

    So... if its a pittosporum the wood when dry will be much less dense than Boxwood (Buxus sp.) which is exceeding slow growing (in Europe anyway) and rarely found above 3-4" dia. Boxwood is pale yellow in colour and quite dense. Pittosporum in contrast is a fine, almost cream-white wood of medium density and fine grain.

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