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CatalogueThe Romantic Garden Collection Buxus (Box) Topiary
Buxus (Box) Topiary [323] The small glossy green leaves of Buxus make it ideal for shaping into topiary. It will grow in sun or part shade and in a wide range of soil conditions except badly drained. Box is happy growing in pots, providing it is watered regularly and fed during the growing season. Pots must be checked for moisture daily during dry periods. A surface dressing of a slow-release powder or pelleted fertiliser in autumn and spring will usually produce good results. For a quick boost liquid tomato feed can be applied fortnightly in the growing season. Plants need to be clipped approximately 3 times-a- year to keep a good, tight, shape. Check for red spider mite if the leaves turn yellow and spray with insecticide immediately. Box suckers, tiny white flying insects can infest the plants in late spring and early summer. They are virtually harmless and any foliage damage is usually superficial. They can be controlled by jetting them off with water at a safe high pressure.

B.microphylla 'Faulkner' [356] This variety has very shiny, oval, rich green leaves and looks particularly verdant when the new season's growth has emerged. Has a tendency to take on bronze tints once colder weathe sets in.
B.sempervirens (Common European box) [324]
B.sempervirens 'Elegantissima' (Silver box) [339] This delicate box requires a sheltered, sunny position. The pale yellow margins of the small mid-green leaves lighten to almost white with maturity. Sometimes clipped shapes are available to special order.
B.sempervirens 'Latifola Maculata' (Golden or sunshine box) [338] This variant has larger more rounded leaves than the species type and does best in a sunny position. Particularly attractive in spring and early summer.when new leaves are golden yellow. As they mature they become dark green, splashed gold.
B.sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' [340] This variant is sometimes referred to as the dwarf edging box. The shiny rich green leaves are smaller and more rounded than the species type and can take on bronze tints in exposed areas once colder weather sets in.
B.sempervirens 'Argentea' [357] The rich green leaves of this variant are slightly puckered and have irregular pale to golden yellow margins. Hedging plants available to special order.
Knot and parterre infill [358] We can supply, to special order only, the following aromatic evergreen plants for infilling your knot garden or parterre. With the exception of thyme, they are also suitable as alternatives to box for low informal hedging: Hebe, Lavendula, Rosmarinus (rosemary), Santolina, Teucrium, Thymus (thyme). Please ask for a quotation.