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Box hedge plants

Buxus sempervirens hedging

From £1.79

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.
Grouped product items
ImageRoot TypeHeight NowExtra InfoNo Per
Metre
1+10+50+100+250+QtyAdd
Box 40/60cm root ball
Box 40/60cm root ball

Root Ball
5 year old

40/60cm

Free delivery over £350 Find Out More

3

£16.99

£16.69

£16.49

£16.29

£16.09

Box 60/80cm root ball
Box 60/80cm root ball

Root Ball
6 year old

60/80cm

Free delivery over £350 Find Out More

2.5 to 3

£23.99

£23.49

£23.29

£22.99

£22.79

Box 80/100cm root ball
Box 80/100cm root ball

Root Ball
7 year old

80/100cm

Free delivery over £350 Find Out More

2 to 2.5

£29.99

£29.39

£29.09

£28.79

£28.49

Box 100/120cm root ball
Box 100/120cm root ball

Root Ball
7 year old

100/120cm

Free delivery over £350 Find Out More

1.5 to 2

£48.99

£47.99

£47.49

£46.99

£46.49

Box 20/30cm bare root
Box 20/30cm bare root

Bare Root

20/30cm

5 to 7

£1.79

£1.79

£1.79

£1.79

£1.79

Box 30/40cm bare root
Box 30/40cm bare root

Bare Root

30/40cm

5 to 7

£2.99

£2.89

£2.89

£2.89

£2.79

Box 40/50cm bare root
Box 40/50cm bare root

Bare Root

40/50cm

5 to 7

£4.99

£4.89

£4.79

£4.79

£4.69

Box 15/20cm Cell grown
Box 15/20cm Cell grown

Pot Grown
Cell Grown

15/20cm

Min Qty 12

5 to 7

£4.99

£4.99

£4.99

£4.99

£4.99

Box 20/30cm 1.5L pot
Box 20/30cm 1.5L pot

Pot Grown
1.5L Pot

20/30cm

3 to 6

£9.99

£9.79

£9.69

£9.59

£9.49

Box 30/40cm 2L pot
Box 30/40cm 2L pot

Pot Grown
2L Pot

30/40cm

3 to 5

£13.99

£13.69

£13.59

£13.39

£13.29

Box hedge plants (Buxus sempervirens) description

Buxus, Box hedging, or Boxwood as it is also sometimes known, has an attractive compact form that is easy to shape and prune. The glossy, dark foliage makes Buxus sempervirens a handsome evergreen hedging choice, providing year-round interest. The dense foliage of Buxus hedge plants provides a robust cover that can withstand harsh weather conditions in the winter and the fairly non-descript flowers that appear on Box hedging in summer are very popular with bees, providing additional wildlife interest.

Most popular uses for Box hedging 

Native to the UK, Box hedge plants are ideal for borders, edging pathways, knot-gardens and topiary. As Buxus sempervirens is also tolerant of drought and poor soils, it is a useful option for banks or slopes where other hedging varieties may struggle.

Combine Box Plants with

Box hedge plants are classically planted as a stand-alone hedge, as a display made solely of Box provides a stunning feature. Another option to consider would be to punctuate your Box hedging with Box Topiary for a spectacular ornamental impact.

Where to plant Buxus sempervirens

Box plants are tough and can grow well in any soil type, including positions with drought or poor soil conditions, but prefer a well-drained site. Buxus sempervirens can be planted on slopes and banks suited to a semi-shade position, although full sun or full shade is also tolerated.

Growth rate of Box hedge plants

A slow growing species, Buxus sempervirens will grow about 10 - 15cm a year, reaching a final height of between 0.5 -1.5 metres. The height and shape of your Box hedge plants can be easily controlled with pruning, as this variety of hedging is renowned for its durability.

Care advice for Box hedge plants

Our pruning advice for Box hedging depends on the look you wish to create. For a more formal aesthetic, we recommend pruning your Box hedging twice a year, once in spring and then again in autumn. However, to achieve a more relaxed look, only one clipping is needed, in autumn or winter. It is also possible to hard prune Box without the worry of lost height taking a long time to grow again; we advise hard pruning in spring, as your Box hedge plants will make a faster recovery during this season than at other times of the year.

Recommended planting density for Buxus sempervirens

For information on planting density specific to your Box hedge plants, please see the product table below. In the 'No. Per Metre' column, you will find our recommended plant density for each individual plant species and root type. You can find out more about planting density here. Please note that if you are ordering Rootgrow for bare root Box plants, please add 20% to the recommended usage level to allow for the large root system.

We offer Buxus sempervirens in a variety of root types. Fantastic value bare roots are available November to late April/early May (depending on season), and our high-quality cell grown, pot grown and instant Box hedging plants are available all year round. Buxus sempervirens is unusual in that it can be root balled throughout the year, which means we have a great selection of root balls in a range of sizes.

 

The vast bulk of our Box hedge plants are UK grown by industry experts, though we sometimes source our plants from professional cultivators abroad, where we can be sure that the quality of the plants matches that of our UK sites. At best4hedging we always endeavour to bring you the freshest, best quality products whilst keeping our prices low, so you can buy Box hedge plants with confidence from our nursery in Lancashire.

Box hedge problems

As a living thing Box hedging can occasionally suffer from the plight of beasties and diseases that affect Box. All of our plants are fresh and healthy, but we've included the info below to keep you informed. 

Box Blight (Cylinrocladium Buxicola) – This is a serious fungal disease of box that affects leaves and stems, it is most active during wet weather.

Symptoms – Leaves turn brown and drop off, stems may also develop black streaks and die back.

Natural Control – When buying plants, isolate for three weeks before planting to ensure they are free from the disease. Avoid overhead watering as damp conditions encourage the spread of box blight. Remove and destroy infected plants, though spores can remain in the soil for up to 5 years.

Chemical Control – Fungicidal products containing tebuconazole are effective against Cylindrocladium. Always read the label and follow the manufacturers’ instructions.

Box Red Spider Mite (Eurytetranychus Buxi) – A very small sap sucking mite that feeds from the underside of the leaves in late spring and summer.

Symptoms - Plants infested with spider mite show a fine pale mottling on the leaf surface. The underside of the leaves have many tiny yellowish-green mites and egg shells. These are more easily seen with the aid of a magnifying lens. In heavy infestations, you may see fine silk webbing on the plants, and the leaves lose much of their green colour.

Natural Control – Box spider mites are unlikely to become a major pest, so could easily be tolerated. As they infest the young growth they can be controlled by regular clipping of the hedge and then burning the trimmings.

Chemical Control – Products containing acetamiprid will give some control, always read the label and follow the manufacturers’ instructions. 

Mussel Scale – (Lepidosaphes Ulmi) – A sap-sucking insect that lives under a semi-hard scale that resembles a 3 mm long mussel.

Symptoms – Small bumps found on the underside of leaves or on the woody stems.
May exude a sticky white covering in summer to protect their eggs, and this can often be the first time they are noticed.

Natural Control – There is no natural control though light infestations will cause few problems.

Chemical Control – Product containing Deltamethrin or Cypermethrin will be most effective, spray in May/June. Always read the label and follow the manufacturers’ instructions.

Box rust (Puccinia buxi) - Box rust is caused by a fungus. It is not particularly troublesome and seldom causes serious problems.

Symptoms - Can be seen as thickened rusty blister-like pustules on both sides of the leaves. New leaves are infected in the spring and early summer. The fungus continues to grow during the summer and autumn and as a result, the infected spots become thicker.

Natural Control – Can be controlled with a regular pruning regime, clip off the affected shoots in summer and autumn.

Chemical Control – Spray during early summer with one of the fungicides labelled for rust diseases. The fungicides containing tebuconazole are effective against box rust. Read the instructions carefully and follow the manufacturers’ recommendations.

Delivery Time - Please note that delivery times are currently 2-7 days. *Some troughs, trees and premium products may take up to 14 days delivery.

Free Delivery - The majority of orders over the minimum order values shown below are delivered FREE to UK Mainland. Please note, we are unable to deliver to N.I. and the Republic of Ireland.   (Exceptions apply - see Delivery Areas)

all costs & min.order

min. order
free delivery

bare
root

root
ball

pot grown
& topiary

cell
grown

instant
trough

trees

planting essentials

standard box delivery
£14.99

£60

bare roots up to 1.2m

-

pot size up to and including 7.5L

all
(min qty 12)

-

ornamental & fruit trees

all tools, irrigation, canes & mulch matting

tall box delivery
£14.99

£60

bare roots 1.2m+

 

 

 

 

 

 

pallet delivery
£60.00

£350

-

all

pot size 10L & above,  root ball & topiary

-

all
(min qty 3)

 

topsoil

pleached trees delivery
£450.00

£1500

 

 

 

 

 

All pleached trees

 

 

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