Buxus sempervirens
Common Boxwood, American Boxwood
Often shaped into topiary and hedging, it takes hard trimming and grows slowly. Dwarf forms have long been popular to edge walks and flowerbeds.
Buxus sempervirens 'Monrue'
Buxus sempervirens 'Monrue' (Green Tower') makes a perfect hedge plant for tight spaces, as it grows moderately to fast in a columnar form to nine feet tall, one to two feet wide.
Buxus sempervirens
Nombres relacionados: Al bakkes (Marruecos), Boix (catalán), Boj (castellano), Boje (castellano), Box (inglés), Boxux sempervirens (sinónimo), Buchsbaum (alemán), Buis (francés), Buje (gallego y/o portugués), Bujo (castellano), ...
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Buxus sempervirens is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
Genus: Buxus
Species: sempervirens
Cultivar: 'Suffruticosa' ...
Buxus sempervirens
Trees and Shrubs, Bonsai
Seed may be sown in spring, outdoors, in a sheltered location; germination is erratic. Grow from semi-hard cuttings in summer, or from hardwood cuttings.
Buxus sempervirens (box) - dense bushy rounded shrub up to 5m (15ft) high that tolerates regular pruning to shape
Ilex aquifolium AGM (holly) - large dense shrub with glossy spiny leaves that tolerates regular pruning ...
Buxus sempervirens cultivars:
'Angustifolia' has the largest leaves and is treelike in habit.
'Argenteo-variegata' has green leaves variegated with white.
'Aureo-variegata' has green leaves variegated with yellow.
Buxus sempervirens 'Marginata'
Upright oval form slow growing to 3' high by 2' wide. Only dwarf shrub that holds its showy cream variegation in shaded conditions. Excellent accent and a rare find.
Light: Morning sun to filtered shade.
Buxus sempervirens Flowers and leaves, spring Main Page Previous Next Info ...
Buxus sempervirens : Common Boxwood - Flowers
Buxus 'Winter Gem' : Winter Gem Boxwood - Landscape
Callicarpa americana : American Beautyberry - Whole Plant ...
Buxus sempervirens 'Green Mountain'
related products
Great Plants, Vol.2Learn how to choose and use the best plant varieties for your gardenMore Info ...
TREE BOXWOOD
Buxus sempervirens 'arborescens'
General Notes
Responds well to shearing. SelecTree lists 1 cultivar of sempervirens: 'arborescens' ...
Dee Runk American Boxwood [English]: Buxus sempervirens 'Dee Runk'
Dee Runk Boxwood [English]: Buxus sempervirens 'Dee Runk'
Dee Runk Common Boxwood [English]: Buxus sempervirens 'Dee Runk'
Dee-kaduru [English]: Pagiantha dichotoma ...
koreana Korean Boxwood Buxus sempervirens Common Boxwood Buxus sempervirens 'Arborescens' Tree or American Boxwood Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' English Boxwood Botanical Name Common Name Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry Callicarpa ...
There are some 70 species of boxwoods, but only two are commonly found in cultivation: this one and common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens).
In winter the leaves can take on a bronze caste, which many find displeasing but which also distinguishes it at a glance from common boxwood, Buxus sempervirens.
Common species choices used in topiary include cultivars of European box (Buxus sempervirens), arborvitae (Thuja species), bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), holly (Ilex species), myrtle (Eugenia or Myrtus species), yew (Taxus species), ...
In the Mid-Atlantic, wealthy people actually have Buxus sempervirens (boxwood). In the Northeast and Midwest, gardeners have Taxus bacatta and Thuja occidentalis (yew and arborvitae) as meatballs of choice.
Comparison of Common Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) at top with Littleleaf Boxwood (Buxus microphylla) at bottom.
© 2006
University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture
All rights reserved.
Last Date Modified 07/20/2007
Webmaster ...
Welleri Common Boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens )
Wells Delight Creeping Blueberry ( Vaccinium crassifolium )
Wells Golden Himalayan Cedar ( Cedrus deodara ) ...
There are 30 species of boxwood found throughout the world, but in the United States, gardeners plant mostly Buxus sempervirens and Buxus microphylla. Boxwood thrives in well drained soil and a sunny location.
Used as a low hedge around a flower bed, flanking a pathway or shaped into an intricate knot garden, clipped boxwood can add a sophisticated je ne sais quois to the garden. Taller cultivars of this broadleaf evergreen (Buxus sempervirens) can be ...
 See also: Buxus, Green, Boxwood, May, Evergreen
  
|
RSS
