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Buxaceae
Caucasian boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
Also known as Buxus colchica, Buxus sempervirens f. bullata, Buxus sempervirens f. marginata, Buxus arborescens var. argenteovariegata
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Boxwood · Evergreen · Hedge · Topiary · Formal Garden · Slow Growing · Shrub · Buxus · Garden Border · Classic
Caucasian boxwood is a versatile, slow-growing evergreen shrub prized for hedging, topiary, and formal garden design. Plant in partial shade to full sun in well-drained soil and water regularly during the first two years while the plant establishes. Prune in late spring or early summer to maintain shape, and monitor for boxwood blight and box moth caterpillar.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow the top inch to dry before watering again · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, New York
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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