56 Box Hedge Shrubs

They re plagued with a number of problems that can result in brown or yellowing boxwood shrubs.

Box hedge shrubs. One of the most versatile shrubs boxwoods bring year round color to the garden. Compact in size these plants bear dense attractive foliage and are amenable to trimming. Their evergreen foliage brightens dreary winter landscapes provides structure to both formal and informal gardens and can be shaped into tightly clipped geometric forms or whimsical shapes. Unfortunately many kinds of boxwoods are susceptible to an incurable fungal disease called boxwood blight. Members of the genus buxus include about thirty species and 160 cultivars including buxus sempervirens the common american boxwood. Many varieties and cultivars of boxwood plants exist. Japanese boxwood buxus shrub live evergreen hedge plant with green deer resistant foliage.

Southern living plant collection 2 5 qt. Also known as littleleaf box japanese boxwood buxus microphylla is an evergreen shrub that has a slow growth rate like english boxwood. Boxwoods are grown for foliage as their flowers are insignificant. They re also deer resistant so their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. These boxwood problems range in trouble from very easy to cure to extremely damaging. Boxwood baby gem live shrub plant glossy green foliage. Wintergreen boxwood live shrub plant glossy dark green foliage.

Introduced to america in 1652 boxwood shrubs have been gracing gardens since colonial times. Wintergreen boxwood shrub plant. Boxwoods have fallen out of favor with some gardeners in recent years. Boxwoods are a classic garden shrub first planted in america in the mid 1600s. Boxwood plants buxus are dense evergreen shrubs often planted in elegant and formal landscapes. They can be pruned into a wall shape or cut to form individual globes. They make the perfect thick luxurious hedge but boxwoods aren t all they re cracked up to be.

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