Small Boxwoods

Plus as one of the first early spring bloomers the plant welcomes pollinators. Making it ideal for small spaces.

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Small boxwoods

They re also deer resistant so their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. Considered to be the most resistant to the boxwood leaf miner. Stewartstonian azalea if you re not sold on this shrub s bold color alone consider this.

If you desire a neat and tidy look around your garden or better yet you want to make a fence out of evergreen shrubs box should be your top pick. Unfortunately many kinds of boxwoods are susceptible to an incurable fungal disease called boxwood blight. For both formal and informal gardens these slow growing shrubs are used.

Boxwoods are a classic garden shrub first planted in america in the mid 1600s. For this reason boxwoods are grown for their bright green foliage rather than their flowers. Botanically known as buxus boxwood is one of the most favorite among plant lovers.

A typical box shrub grows up to 5m tall and 5m wide. These small trees are able to shoot up to 2 to 12 m tall. Well suited for topiary and containers.

It starts showing its beauty with bronze colored new growth that matures into bright golden or yellowish green foliage in the summer. The deep burgundy foliage reaches just two to three feet tall and wide at maturity which of course means no pruning is necessary. This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil.

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