30-45cm Common Box Hedging | Buxus sempervirens | Bare Root
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- Highlights
- Variety Specifications
- Planting & Care
- Features tightly-packed, small bright green leaves and delicate yellow flowers in spring.
- A low-maintenance UK native that thrives in sun or shade.
- Slow-growing and robust, it can reach 5m but is easily maintained as a smaller hedge between 0.5-1.5m.
- Perfect for topiary, formal low hedging, or as a taller screen for wind protection.
- An RHS 'Plants for Pollinators' variety, providing a valuable food source for bees and butterflies.
- Species: Box
- Features: Evergreen
- Flowering Time: March, April, May
- Flower Colour: Tiny yellow flowers in spring
- Position: Full sun to full shade
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H7), frost resistant down to -20°C.
- Soil Type: Any well-drained, fertile soil.
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: Spreads to approximately 4m unless pruned.
- Growth Rate: Slow-growing, expect up to 10cm per year.
- Pest & Disease: May be susceptible to box tree caterpillar, box sucker, mussel scale and red spider mite, leaf spot and box blight.
- Planting Time: Plant any time from January to November.
- Planting Advice: Bare root plants can be stored for several weeks in winter if kept cool and dark. In spring, plant within a few days of arrival. If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting to improve drainage.
- Pruning: Prune once or twice a year between May and August. New, young plants can be cut back by up to a third in their first year to encourage bushy growth.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Fresh bare root plants, lifted directly from the field.
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm, depending on the season.
Highlights
- Features tightly-packed, small bright green leaves and delicate yellow flowers in spring.
- A low-maintenance UK native that thrives in sun or shade.
- Slow-growing and robust, it can reach 5m but is easily maintained as a smaller hedge between 0.5-1.5m.
- Perfect for topiary, formal low hedging, or as a taller screen for wind protection.
- An RHS 'Plants for Pollinators' variety, providing a valuable food source for bees and butterflies.
Variety Specifications
- Species: Box
- Features: Evergreen
- Flowering Time: March, April, May
- Flower Colour: Tiny yellow flowers in spring
- Position: Full sun to full shade
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H7), frost resistant down to -20°C.
- Soil Type: Any well-drained, fertile soil.
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: Spreads to approximately 4m unless pruned.
- Growth Rate: Slow-growing, expect up to 10cm per year.
- Pest & Disease: May be susceptible to box tree caterpillar, box sucker, mussel scale and red spider mite, leaf spot and box blight.
Planting & Care
- Planting Time: Plant any time from January to November.
- Planting Advice: Bare root plants can be stored for several weeks in winter if kept cool and dark. In spring, plant within a few days of arrival. If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting to improve drainage.
- Pruning: Prune once or twice a year between May and August. New, young plants can be cut back by up to a third in their first year to encourage bushy growth.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Fresh bare root plants, lifted directly from the field.
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm, depending on the season.
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