Botanical Name: Common Names:
Buxus bodinieri Shaggy Box Chinese Box, Chinese Boxwood,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
Buxus bodinieri is a rare form of Buxus that is native to China. It has a lighter bright green foliage that is perfect for dense hedging or topiary. If left without clipping and in the right conditions it can grow to about 2m tall and have a shaggy appearance.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
2-4m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Semi Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Shady Garden, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Scale, Yellow Leaves
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Buxaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Green
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: High
Wind: High
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