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happydays28

Garden Border - Buxus evergreen shrub

happydays28
5 years ago



Hi all,

I intend to pant the Buxus evergreen shrub along the garden border, wanted to know if you have it in your garden and if so any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated or if you can suggest something similar that I could plant that would be great too.

Thanks


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  • Ribena Drinker
    5 years ago

    Box can be quite slow growing, so bear that in mind when planting, it may take a while for a space to fill in.


    It tends to be quite dense, you can usually trim it into shapes or precise levels for hedging, plus in the odd occasion when you get bare bits, it's simple enough to cut out the dead stuff and plant a new little plant to fill in the gap.


    They can look a bit sickly sometimes through lack of nutrients, with leaves tinged yellow, but they soon perk up with a good Buxus feed. They can get something called Box Blight, which will kill the leaves and stems and usually the best way to deal with that is to just dig up the plant.


    Finally, they do have an unusual smell (which I think smells a bit like tom cats), so sometimes this can be off putting if close to the house in any great quantity.

    • Comments (7)

    • Patrina
      5 years ago
      What Ribena said, incidentally I have just bought some buxus hedging plants to create low edge to form a small Formal-ish area by my front window. It's important to also look at the times of year that you need to trim your Buxus plants as well. Cut back young hedge plants and topiary by up to one-third in May to encourage bushy growth. Further trimming can be carried out between May and August, as required.
    • rinked
      5 years ago

      Just about all buxus in the Netherlands are yellow.. Buxus moth was a plague last year..

    • rinked
      5 years ago

      Rosemary makes nice shrubs too and smell amazing :) (not as dense as buxus though)

    • rachelmidlands
      5 years ago
      Ilex crenata (Japanese holly) is a recommended alternative to box. Or if you’re after the ball shape I like thuja occidentalis teddy... stays in a ball shape with very little clipping required.
    • Patrina
      5 years ago

      Ligustrum Privet Holly is also good and hardy alternative to Buxus. I have a cloud version in my garden very slow growing but can be treated just as Buxus.

    • happydays28
      Original Author
      5 years ago
      last modified: 5 years ago

      Thank you everybody, much appreciated .

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