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Flower |
Foliage. Photo from Read of Coblands Nurseries Ltd. |
Form on 22 May |
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Plant Name |
Buxus sempervirens from Buxaceae Family |
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Common Name |
Common Box |
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Soil |
In Beech woods and scrub on chalk and limestone in Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Gloucester; elsewhere commonly planted and sometimes naturalized |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Evergreen Shrub or small Tree |
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Height x Spread in feet |
16 x 10 |
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Foliage |
Dark Green |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
Whitish-Green in April-May followed by shining Black seeds. |
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Comment |
Rounded to Broadly Spreading form. Pruning Group 8; trim hedges and edging plants in summer. Remaining photos from Ron and Christine Foord. This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Hedges Direct. |
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Flowers in April |
Single Leaf. Photo from Read of Coblands Nurseries Ltd. |
Immature Fruit |
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Hedge |
Hedge |
Hedge from Sissinghurst Castle in Kent |
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