Buxus sempervirens (boxwood)


Buxus sempervirens (common boxwood)

boxwood boutonnieres?:
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Pronunciation: BUCKS-us sem-PUR-vur-enz

busef1.jpgFamily: Buxaceae
Plant type: Broadleaf evergreen, flowering cut plant
Zone: 6 (-23 to -18C)
Origin: Europe
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Mature size
  Height: 2-3 m
  Spread: 2-3 m
Form: round
Texture: medium fine
Habit: dense, upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: Simple, Opposite 
Shape: Elliptic, Ovate
Size: 1.5-3 cm x 0.5 - 1.3 cm
Margin: entire
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Characteristics: emarginate, obtuse, rounded, glabrous, lustrous, leathery, pinnate venation 
Colour: dark green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: raceme
Colour: not showy, green-yellow
Size: 0.5 - 1 cm
Time: April - May 
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Stem
Colour: olive brown
Description: lightly fissured, multi-stem trunk *fibrous like roots*
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Fruit type: capsule
buseh2.jpgColour: brown, seeds black
Time: July, August, September, October
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Exposure - deep shade, filtered shade, full sun only if soil is kept moist, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - alkaline, well-drained
Landscape uses - floristry, mass planting, hedge row, rock garden, sheared hedge, topiary 
Propagation - softwood cuttings 
Comments - Boxwood is an amazing base for topiary art work
- How to make boxwood boutonniers
- Boxwood wreath tutorial

Pests - die back, leaf miner insect, mites, nematodes, root rot, scale insects, psyllids

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