Box hedging (Buxus sempervirens)

Box hedging with bright green summer growth, showing the very small leaves which make it ideal for low formal hedges

Box hedging (Buxus sempervirens)

£1.69

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Minimum order value (all plants) is £300+VAT

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Please order plants in multiples of 25

Box (Buxus sempervirens) is

- Suitable as a hedge plant or woodland shrub

- Native to southern England (Box Hill in Surrey is an ancient box woodland)

- Evergreen

- Non-toxic to browsing animals

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Our range of bare root Box hedging plants (Buxus sempervirens)

We have Box bare root hedging plants in several sizes and specifications. Most evergreen hedging plants cannot be grown as bare roots but Box is one of the exceptions (along with Yew, Cherry Laurel and Privet) and buying bare root plants is a great way to get an evergreen hedge but at low cost. Although they are slow growing, it is surprising how quickly a fairly densely planted box bare root hedge will knit together (allow 2 - 3 years).

Box (Buxus sempervirens) Summary

A very popular choice for low and medium height hedging and edging of borders and still very popular despite box blight and box tree moth. Its popularity no doubt stems partly from it's classic appearance but also from the fact that it can be grown bare root which makes it very cost effective when compared with box alternatives (virtually all pot grown). It is slow growing but not painfully so.

In addition to being an ideal plant for a formal hedge, Box also can be planted and left untrimmed to grow to a bushy, evergreen shrub in a woodland setting.

Soil and Situation

It will grow happily in most soils and situations but does have a preference for chalky, limestone soils and is good in shade, prefering partial or full shade to full sun.

Leaves, flowers and fruit

Leaves are very small (about 1cm) which is why it can be clipped so neatly. New foliage is brighter green and then it matures to a nice mid-green colour. The flowers and fruit (insect pollinated) are inconspicuous.

Eventual height and growth rate

Box will grown to about 4m but it is generally kept at hedge heights from 40cm to 1.5m. It is slow growing so it only needs to be trimmed once a year (the recommended date is late May or early June on a dry day and then if it needs to be neatened up again before winter, it can be trimmed again in September (but many will not need this).

Also knows as Boxwood, and is from the Buxus family.

Free Delivery

For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.

All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.

You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.

Collections from Ross-on-Wye

You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.

As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.

Bagging Options

We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).

- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc

- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.

In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.

You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.