Buxus sempervirens (Box Hedge
| Kaipaki Nursery and Orchard (Shopping at this outlet) | Out Of Stock |
NZ$3.50
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SKU: BUXSE
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Shipping Weight：0.11kg
Traditional English Box hedge
Full description:
This auction is for 1 plant of the Box hedge in 7 cm pots
This is the common box often used as a low hedge round borders. It can be trimmed to any height. Plant at 40cm spacing to get a quick low hedge
Box is also used for topiary and grown in pots
Pot size 5 cm Current Height from top of pot 15-20 cm
Box Blight
This disease causes black spots to appear on leaves which then fall leaving bare stems with black stripes. The fallen leaves area source of reinfection. The disease does not directly kill the plants, but loss of leaves will reduce vigour and this can ultimately result in death and is unsightly. So, what can you do? The disease likes humid conditions so avoid overhead watering also open the bushes reducing the pruning. Thiram or Alette ® Can help control the spread.
No Buxus spp are completely resistant but there are alternatives to for example Lonicera nitida small leaf but can be straggly, Pittosporum Midget or Hebe sutherladii.