[64] Box Hedge Shrubs

Wintergreen boxwood live shrub plant glossy dark green foliage.

[65] Box Hedge Shrubs Free. Please choose a rating. Wintergreen boxwood shrub plant. One of the most versatile shrubs boxwoods bring year round color to the garden.

Boxwoods have fallen out of favor with some gardeners in recent years. Boxwood plants buxus are dense evergreen shrubs often planted in elegant and formal landscapes. While it is a slow growing plant the shrub is tolerant of prunes and can be used for engraving purposes.

Southern living plant collection 2 5 qt. Their evergreen foliage brightens dreary winter landscapes provides structure to both formal and informal gardens and can be shaped into tightly clipped geometric forms or whimsical shapes. Introduced to america in 1652 boxwood shrubs have been gracing gardens since colonial times.

Many varieties and cultivars of boxwood plants exist. Japanese boxwood buxus shrub live evergreen hedge plant with green deer resistant foliage. Unfortunately many kinds of boxwoods are susceptible to an incurable fungal disease called boxwood blight.

Members of the genus buxus include about thirty species and 160 cultivars including buxus sempervirens the common american boxwood. Boxwoods are a classic garden shrub first planted in america in the mid 1600s. They make the perfect thick luxurious hedge but boxwoods aren t all they re cracked up to be.

Dwarf boxwood shrubs are widely used in formal landscape design. Compact in size these plants bear dense attractive foliage and are amenable to trimming. Boxwoods are grown for foliage as their flowers are insignificant.

They can be pruned into a wall shape or cut to form individual globes. Also known as littleleaf box japanese boxwood buxus microphylla is an evergreen shrub that has a slow growth rate like english boxwood. They re also deer resistant so their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years.

They re equally at home as accents hedges topiaries or in containers.