species
Buxus sempervirens
Box · Common box
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Buxus sempervirens belongs to the family Buxaceae, also known as Box or Common box, native to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 1.5 m across in about 15 years. It grows in full sun, part shade or shade, on clay, loam, sand or chalk soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits sheltered or average positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers in April and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 1.5 m across, after about 15 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Clay, Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered, Average
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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