english box hedge
The English box hedge is a classic favourite among New Zealand gardeners, celebrated for its elegant appearance, dense foliage, and easy maintenance. Whether you’re aspiring to create immaculate low borders, frame pathways, or design a lush parterre, the English box hedge—known botanically as Buxus sempervirens—offers timeless beauty for any setting. Its glossy, deep-green leaves and slow, steady growth make it an ideal choice for formal or contemporary gardens alike. With the right care, your English box hedge can thrive and provide reliable structure and greenery throughout the seasons.
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 about 1 m tall and the same wide, though it is often kept smaller with trimming, which encourages new growth. This variegated Box plant is ideal for topiary, trimming into a formal hedge, maintaining in a container, or including in a mixed planting. For a box hedge, space plants 30 cm apart.
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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.
