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Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
English Box
Notes

Uses: As a low formal or informal hedge or barrier. Can be pruned as a low border or left as background shrubs in mixed plantings.
Leaves turn bronze in winter.

  • Height 0.4-0.5m
  • Spread 0.4-0.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Buxaceae
  • Botanical Name Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
  • Common Name English Box
  • Origin Europe, Asia
  • Habit Compact, Dense
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Spring
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat, Screen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)