Box 60/80cm root ball

Box or Buxus hedge plants (Buxus sempervirens) is best4hedging’s most popular plant for low formal hedges, as the small, glossy green leaves, slow growth rate and compact growing habit makes it easy to shape and maintain. Buxus hedge plants will grow in the toughest of positions and the evergreen foliage provides excellent year-round interest, as well as making an effective privacy screen and a good windbreak.  See also our range of Topiary trees for a more decorative way to use Buxus sempervirens.

• Best Features: Evergreen foliage, year-round interest
• Ideal For Hedges: 0.5m - 1.5m high
• Growth Rate: Slow | 10-15cm a year
• Position: Any normal soil including well-drained, poor & dry soils, partial sun or full shade, exposed inland and coastal
• Also Consider Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata) for extremely harsh or difficult sites, or Euonymus Jean Hugues, a hedging variety very similar to Buxus sempervirens in shape and habit.