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Common Box
Buxus sempervivens
- Shrub
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box
hedging 10 |
Box
hedging 24 |
Box
hedging 100
box topiary ball -
ball -small
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ball - large
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spiral |
pyramid
A
classic hedging plant used for the most formal of formal hedges, also if you're
feeling adventurous, it can be clipped into balls, pyramids. or whatever shape
you like.
A
dense, evergreen screen of small, rounded, lustrous, dark green leaves. Best
with some degree of shade, they will grow in full sun, but this tends to give
them a dull foliage colour and scorching. The archetypal plant used as a backdrop
to traditional herbaceous borders, knot gardens etc. Slow growing, so you'll
have to have a lot of patience to get that perfect bright green hedge.
Larger hedges are the species
B. Sempervivens, smaller hedges are a variety B. sempervivens
suffruticosa
Height and spread:
5m x 5m (15ft x 15ft),
suffruticosa - very slow growing 1m x 1.5m (3ft x 5 ft)
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Garden
care:
Ensure that the soil or
compost is never allowed to dry out. Carefully cut back plants grown as
hedges or topiary in mid- or late summer. Carry out rejuvenate pruning in
late spring. After pruning apply a top-dressing of a balanced slow-release
fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone (organic) or Gromore (inorganic)
around the base of the plant.
Uses - Topiary
/ Hedging / Containers (topiary)
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Planting distance when
used for hedging
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Clipped height |
Number of times to clip per season and
when |
Responds to renovation? |
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30cm, 12" -
suffruticosa
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30-60cm, 1-2ft |
2 - 3 growing season |
Yes |
| Pruning:
Mid to late summer, otherwise cut back any long shoots that are growing
beyond the main form of the bush. Cut whole plant back to 15-30cm, 6-12"
of ground to renovate.
Sometimes branches take
root where they have touched the ground, these should be removed or
they will spoil the shape of the plant, and can be planted elsewhere.
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Buy Box:
box
hedging 10
24
100
Box topiary
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ball - large
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spiral |
pyramid |
Q. Back in the summer I treated
myself to a few box plants - balls & pyramids and have them arranged around
the patio in pots. Well since the end of the summer and beginning of autumn
they have lost their dark green foliage and have taken on a slight autumnal
look. Paler green, new growth gone a bit yellow. I didn't expect this. Any idea
what the cause could be. Too much sun? Do I need a shadier spot? They rec'd
enough water. Is there anything I can give them to bring back the colour and
give them a boost
A.
Box can do this in the colder months, as long as it's not too widespread
or extreme it shouldn't be anything to worry about. I'd move them into a more
protected spot for the winter as containerized plants are more prone to the
effects of the weather than those grown in the ground.
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