English Box

Buxus sempervirens

For low edging, parterres and clipped balls. Slow, but nothing else holds a crisp line like it.

Sizes, same plant, different age. Mix as many as you like.

Ten or more of any one size drops to trade price automatically.

140mm 1 yr 25–40 cm now
1560 ready $12.90

150mm 2 yr 40–60 cm now
520 ready $17.40

300mm 3 yr 80 cm–1.2 m now
146 ready $41.95

Flat $100 freight in Tasmania · free over $250 · free pick-up at the gate

Age: 1 yr
Height now: 25–40 cm
Container: 140 mm pot
Mature height: 1 m
Mature width: 0.8 m
Position: Full sun to part shade
Habit: Evergreen
Growth rate: Slow
Origin: Introduced

Good for

Screening Feature plant

What it's like

Box is the plant you use to draw lines in a garden. It's slow — that's why it stays neat — and a well-grown box hedge will outlive you. Best kept under a metre; above that there are faster options. Full sun gives the tightest growth, but it's one of very few things that will hold a formal shape in real shade.

Getting it established

Plant at 25–30 cm for a solid low hedge. One clip in December is usually enough.

Potted stock travels upright in a purpose-built carton with the rootball wrapped. Bare-root trees are lifted the week they ship, roots packed in damp shavings. Either way, get it in the ground within a week of arrival.

You've got twelve months. If it was planted the way we suggested and it hasn't come away, send us a photo and we'll replace it on the next run.

Ten or more of one line gets trade pricing without an account. Tell us the site and we'll check the spacing with you before you order.

Goes with

Plant it with.

All plants

Best seller

140mm 1 yr $13.90

150mm 2 yr $18.90

300mm 3 yr $45.95

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150mm 2 yr $16.90

300mm 3 yr $40.95

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From $12.40 140 mm pot · 1 yr 5 m tall

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45L 4 yr $130.00

100L 6 yr $275.00

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From $36.95 200 mm pot · 2 yr 9 m tall

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100L 6 yr $315.00

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