BUXUS sempervirens

common box, European box

BUXUS sempervirens

common box, European box

  • Maintenance advice : Can be pruned with cutters once or twice a year in May-June and/or September, depending on the severity of the desired shape. Shorten shoots by pruning only the green bits
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Europe, North Africa
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Green yellow
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Hedge
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Very useful in gardens, it can be pruned as a hedge, topiaries, isolated or in a pot. Well ramified right from the base, it stays dense and compact. Shiny little round rich-green leaves that stay on the plant in winter. If not pruned, it will bloom in March-April with discreet little yellowy-green flowers. The slow growth will limit maintenance. Once mature, is resistant to pollution, heat, drought and will grow in any exposure. Prefers a neutral to chalky soil, even clayey or stoney if not too poor or too dry. Plant in a southern exposure.