The Common Box is one of the most useful low hedges for the low water use landscape. With deep dark green leaves it clips well and as it is slow growing generally needing around 2 cuts per year to manage its form. Many different varieties are available.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Sun/shade
- Gardens
- Formal