Description
Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
Quality: 20–30 P
Boxwood is one of Europe’s best-known and most versatile evergreen shrubs. With its dense, fine-leaved growth, it is ideal for topiary, edging, spheres and classic garden architecture.
Established for centuries in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, it tolerates frost down to around –15 °C and thrives in lime-rich, humus-rich soils – ideal for the soils of the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura. In dry summers, however, it shows stress.
Advantages: Hardy, evergreen, easy to shape, slow-growing, very long-lasting, bee-friendly (flowers).
Disadvantages: The box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) has been the greatest threat for years and requires consistent monitoring and treatment. Also susceptible to box blight (Cylindrocladium) in waterlogged conditions.
