• 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 aheavier 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.