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Buxus sempervirens – Timeless Evergreen for Hedges & Topiary

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Buxus sempervirens, commonly known as English Box or Boxwood, is a versatile evergreen shrub celebrated for its dense, small-leaved foliage and adaptability to shaping. Perfect for formal hedges, borders, and topiary, it thrives in New Zealand gardens, offering year-round structure and greenery.

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Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Shrubs
Height: 1.00 m
Spread: 1.00 m
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy
Garden uses: Borders, Containers, Hedging, Paths & Steps, Topiary
Garden styles: Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Cottage, Formal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern

Buxus microphylla – Versatile Evergreen for Formal Hedges & Topiary

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Buxus microphylla, commonly known as Japanese Box or Littleleaf Boxwood, is a compact evergreen shrub renowned for its dense, glossy green foliage and adaptability to shaping. Ideal for formal hedges, borders, and topiary, it maintains its vibrant color year-round. With excellent cold tolerance and minimal shaping required, it's a reliable choice for formal gardens, cottage landscapes, and container planting throughout New Zealand.

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Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Shrubs
Height: 2.00 m
Spread: 2.00 m
Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy
Garden uses: Hedging, Topiary
Garden styles: Alpine, Architectural, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Cottage, Formal, Frontyard, Modern
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Buxus sempervirens Silver Beauty

Buxus sempervirens Silver Beauty, commonly known as Box Hedge, features small leaves that are dark green with irregular, cream-silver margins, and...

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Buxus sempervirens variegata

Buxus sempervirens variegata features small, mid-green leaves with cream-white edges on new growth, which age to become a darker green. It grows to...

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Sequoia sempervirens

Sequoia sempervirens, commonly known as Redwood, is a large and stately, evergreen tree. It is aptly named for its red coloured bark and wood. It...

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Cupressus sempervirens

Cupressus sempervirens, commonly known as Italian Spruce, Italian Pencil Cypress, or Mediterranean Cypress, is a stately tree that typically grows to...

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Gelsemium sempervirens

Gelsemium sempervirens, commonly known as Yellow Jessamine, is a gorgeous plant, prized for both its foliage and flowers. This climber carries...

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Buxus Green Gem – Compact Evergreen for Formal Hedges & Topiary

Buxus Green Gem is a compact, slow-growing evergreen shrub renowned for its naturally rounded form and dense, glossy green foliage. Ideal for low...

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Cupressus Totem

Cupressus Totem, otherwise known as the Italian Cypress Totem, is a conifer valued for its slender, upright habit that brings an architectural...

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Cupressus sempervirens Stricta

Cupressus sempervirens Stricta, commonly known as the Italian Pencil Cypress Tree, is a conifer that features dense, dark green foliage, and grows...

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Sophora microphylla

Sophora microphylla features attractive fern-like foliage and a distinct juvenile stage. Young trees have tangled branches and may take up to 10...

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Buxus 'Graham Blandy' – Upright Columnar Evergreen Shrub

Buxus 'Graham Blandy' is a distinctive evergreen shrub known for its narrow, columnar growth habit and dense, dark green foliage. Reaching up to 2.5...

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Buxus microphylla 'Koreana' plant with green foliage.

Buxus Koreana

Buxus Koreana features attractive and lush, bright green foliage which is held densely and often develops bronze tones during winter. It typically...

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Cupressus Gracilis

Cupressus Gracilis is a variety of Italian Spruce and is a conifer valued for its slender, upright habit, and architectural form. It bears fine, dark...

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Buxus harlandii 'Richard' green foliage.

Buxus harlandii Richard

Buxus harlandii Richard, commonly known as Little Boxwood, is a spectacular variety that grows to about 1 m tall and the same wide. It has charming...

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Lonicera nitida hedge.

Lonicera nitida

Lonicera nitida, commonly known as the Boxleaf Honeysuckle, is a hardy shrub often used instead of Buxus as a hedge. It carries dense, upright...

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Sophora Dragons Gold

Sophora Dragons Gold is a variety of Kowhai grown for both its foliage and flowers. This compact selection produces bright green, fern-like foliage...

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Lonicera Honey Hedge Ruby

Lonicera Honey Hedge Ruby is a hardy, evergreen shrub often used instead of a Buxus hedge. It carries dense, upright branches and small, glossy, dark...

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Lonicera Honey Hedge Lime

Lonicera Honey Hedge Lime is an evergreen shrub often used instead as an alternative to a Buxus hedge. It carries dense, upright branches that host...

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Lonicera Honey Hedge Lemon

Lonicera Honey Hedge Lemon is an evergreen shrub often used instead of Buxus for hedges. It carries dense, upright branches that host small and...

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Gardenia 'Veitchii' white flower against dark green foliage.

Gardenia Veitchii

Gardenia Veitchii, commonly known as the Everblooming Gardenia, is highly prized for its masses of fragrant blooms and glossy, dark green foliage. It...

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Lomandra Lime Tuff in a garden showing elegant foliage.

Lomandra Lime Tuff

Lomandra Lime Tuff is a tough and reliable ornamental grass with outstanding aesthetics. This plant features lush, lime green foliage that is held...

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Dietes iridioides (African Iris) – Elegant, Low-Maintenance Perennial

Dietes iridioides, commonly known as the African Iris or Fortnight Lily, is a hardy, evergreen perennial native to southern Africa. It features...

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Muehlenbeckia axillaris growing as a ground cover.

Muehlenbeckia axillaris

Muehlenbeckia axillaris, commonly known as Creeping Wire Vine or Pohuehue, forms a dense mat of wiry stems carrying tiny, glossy green leaves. Masses...

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Buxus microphylla Japonica

Buxus microphylla Japonica, commonly known as Japanese box hedge, grows about twice as fast as English box (Buxus sempervirens). The foliage is also...

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Buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa

Buxus sempervirens Suffruticosa produces masses of small, dark green leaves. The foliage is held densely on short stems with new growth being a...

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Buxus 'Elegatissima' dark green and cream foliage.

Buxus sempervirens Elegantissima

Buxus sempervirens Elegantissima, commonly known as English Boxwood or Box Hedge, is commonly used in English and formal gardens as a low hedge. This...

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Buxus 'Handsworthiensis' dark green foliage.

Buxus Handsworthiensis

Buxus Handsworthiensis is a larger and more vigorous variety of the commonly known, Boxwood. It grows with an upright and spreading habit, hosting...

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Azara microphylla variegata plant with variegated leaves.

Azara microphylla variegata

Azara microphylla variegata is an upright, evergreen shrub, with small variegated leaves. Everything about this shrub is elegant. Its dainty dark...

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Ligustrum undulatum

Ligustrum undulatum, commonly known as the Box Leaf Privet, is a fast-growing, compact shrub grown for its form and foliage. It grows as rounded bush...

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Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold

Cupressus sempervirens Swanes Gold is an Italian Cypress conifer with dense, golden yellow foliage. It grows as a slim column carrying foliage held...

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Azara microphylla

Azara microphylla, commonly known as the Vanilla tree, features gently arching branches that host small and glossy, dark green leaves. The tree...

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Buxus sempervirens – Timeless Evergreen for Hedges & Topiary

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