box hedge plants
Box hedge plants are a timeless choice for New Zealand gardens, perfect for creating formal borders, classic parterre designs, neat low hedges, and smart green frames around your outdoor spaces. Their dense, evergreen foliage offers year-round structure and style, making box hedges one of the most popular options for both traditional and contemporary landscapes. Whether you’re keen to shape immaculate topiary spheres or install a crisp edging along a pathway, box hedge plants are the proven solution for a polished, low-maintenance garden feature.
Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood)
Buxus sempervirens, commonly known as English Box or Box Hedge, is a classic evergreen shrub popular in New Zealand for formal hedging and topiary. It features small, glossy green leaves and a dense, slow-growing habit, typically reaching 1–2 metres in height. Ideal for clipped borders, knot gardens, and low-maintenance structure, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. With regular trimming, Buxus sempervirens provides a timeless, elegant framework for both traditional and modern garden designs.
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Buxus sempervirens 'Silver Beauty' (Silver Boxwood)
Buxus sempervirens 'Silver Beauty', commonly known as Box Hedge, features small leaves that are dark green with irregular, cream-silver margins, and held densely on short stems. Left untrimmed it will eventually grow to 1 m tall and 1.2 m wide. Buxus sempervirens 'Silver Beauty' is commonly trimmed into a small hedge, used for topiary, or maintained in a container. Space plants 20 cm apart for a box hedge.
