A small evergreen shrub often used for ornamental hedging in parks and gardens. Although its use is now primarily ornamental, the early flowers provide a useful source of nectar and pollen for bees when little else is available 9x9cm pot (8cm depth)
Description
- Decorative hedging plant
- Winter food for bees
- Evergreen.
- Can be trained as topiary form
A native tree, box produces a fine grained hard yellow timber used for musical instruments and wood engraving. It can live for many hundreds of years and grow into a sizeable tree, although most box found in gardens and parks is used as hedging and kept trimmed.
Plant Care
- Height: 60-100cm
- Type: Hardy
- Aspect: Sun/shade
- Soil: Any/alkaline
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering period: March to April
A wonderfully easy evergreen to grow, box manages well in most soils and aspects, even deep shade. In full sun it needs a heavier soil, as the roots don't want to dry out. Patience is needed for box because it is a slow growing shrub, but its versatility makes up for that. Box can be grown as a short hedge for borders and paths, even a tall hedge if you have a few years to wait (the one here is over five foot tall) , sculpted into topiary or just grown as a stand alone piece in the garden or tubs.