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Common Box - Pyramid

Buxus sempervirens

Common Name: Common Box - Pyramid
Genus: Buxus
Species: sempervirens

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Category: Topiary

Height: 3.00 m (300 cm)
Spread: 3.00 m (300 cm)

Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Slow growing
Foliage Type: Evergreen
Foliage Colour: Green
Sun/Shade: 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

Evergreen box pyramids are ideal for a formal garden or courtyard. Best planted in fertile, well-drained soil in a partially shady site they're perfect for punctuating the end of a dwarf hedge or for use in pairs for flanking a set of steps, a doorway or path.

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.