Box 20/40cm Bare Root (Buxus sempervirens)

Buxus sempervirens - Bare Root Box Evergreen Hedge Plants

Buxus is the most popular hedging plant chosen by gardeners.  Buxus is native to the UK, shade tolerant, and ideal for most soil types and situations but not windy. Being a versatile, evergreen hedging plant, extremely manageable and of course that ‘classic hedge’.  Buxus sempervirens will make a fabulous screening, boundary, privacy hedge.

Genus: Buxus

Species:  sempervirens

Rate of Growth:  Slow approximately up to 10cm per year

Skill Level:  Beginner

Type:  Bareroot

Size:  20/40cm

Planting Location:  Full sun, partial shade, coastal areas

Soil Type:  Tolerates almost all soil types, moist but well draining

pH:  neutral acid alkaline

Fertilise:   Rootgrow upon initial planting and thereafter

Planting Distance: 3  per metre single row

Hardiness:  Hardy

Height: 4-8 metres (maintain about 1.5m)

Spread: 4-8 metres

**Scot Plants Direct can only supply bareroot plants when they are dormant during the winter months from November to April annually.