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Common Box

Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'

Common Name: Common Box
Genus: Buxus
Species: sempervirens
Cultivar: 'Suffruticosa'

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Category: Topiary

Height: 1.00 m (100 cm)
Spread: 1.50 m (150 cm)

Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Slow growing
Foliage Type: Evergreen
Foliage Colour: Green
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Suitable for growing in containers, Makes a good hedge, A good architectural plant

Other Features: Contact with the sap may cause skin irritation

Ideal for creating low parterres in a formal garden setting due to its compact habit and slow growth rate. It can also be clipped to form all sorts of shapes including spheres, pyramids, cubes and spirals all of which can be used as focal points or as a perfect foil for softer herbaceous planting. Alternatively leave it unclipped and it will form a handsome rounded evergreen shrub.

Box are happy growing in a sunny spot but the combination of dry soil and full sun may encourage poor growth and leaf scorching. If you have sandy soil it is best to keep them in a partially shady spot in the garden.
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 rejuvenative pruning in late spring. After pruning apply a top-dressing of a balanced slow-release fertiliser such as blood fish and bone (organic) or Osmacote (inorganic) around the base of the plant ensuring that none touches the leaves or stems.