Common box
Buxus sempervirens
In Dutch: Buxus
ShrubsCollection: Ornamental plants
Size and growth
- Mature height
- 1 m
- Mature spread
- 1 m
- Height as sold
- about 20–30 cm
- Full grown after
- 8–10 years
Position and care
- Position
- sun / partial shade / shade
- Water needs
- average
- Evergreen
- yes, keeps its leaves
- Flower colour
- green
- Climbs
- no
- Winter-hardy
- yes
- Bees & butterflies
- no
- Hay fever
- unknown
- Poisonous
- yes, poisonous parts
- Pricks or stings
- no
- Maintenance
- high
Through the year
- Leaf
- all year
- Flower
- March to April
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit