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English Box - Buxus sempervirens
Premium advanced landscape stock selected for residential, estate and commercial projects.
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Overview & Specifications
English Box, Buxus sempervirens
Buxus sempervirens is the definitive formal hedging and topiary specimen, dense, refined, and built for structure. Few plants deliver the same architectural precision across both grand estate landscapes and considered urban projects.
Why English Box
Structure and Form: Dense, fine-textured foliage holds a crisp edge under regular clipping, purpose-built for formal hedging, parterres, and defined borders.
Longevity: A slow-growing, long-lived species that matures into an enduring landscape asset, appreciating in presence over decades.
Versatility: Equally at home as low border hedging, geometric topiary, or massed screening at advanced sizes.
Year-Round Presence: Evergreen and consistent, maintains its visual weight and colour through all seasons without attention.
Proven Pedigree: The benchmark hedging plant for formal European landscape design, with centuries of use in prestige settings worldwide.
Ideal Applications
Formal Hedging: Low to mid-height borders defining pathways, courtyards, and property boundaries with architectural clarity.
Parterre and Knot Gardens: The preferred species for geometric ground-level patterning in estate and heritage-style landscapes.
Topiary Specimens: Supplied at advanced sizes for immediate sculptural impact, spheres, cones, and custom forms ready to install.
Entrance Framing: Paired flanking specimens or clipped runs at entry points deliver instant formality and a sense of arrival.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.3–0.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1–2m
Planting Season: Autumn or spring
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained, fertile soil; adaptable to a range of soil types but dislikes waterlogged conditions
Establishment Care: Water regularly during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system; apply a balanced slow-release fertiliser in spring and mulch around the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
Plant Details
Height: 1–5m
Width: 1–3m
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: Western and Southern Europe, Northwest Africa, Southwest Asia
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Delivery
Specialist transport for advanced stock
Large trees and advanced stock are delivered using our specialist transport network. Delivery costs vary based on size, quantity and location. For larger orders or difficult access, request project pricing before purchasing.
Installation
Professional installation available
Nursery Direct can arrange professional installation of advanced trees, specimen palms and landscape stock throughout many areas of Australia. Installation pricing varies depending on access, machinery requirements, tree size, planting conditions and location.
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Built for serious landscapes
Nursery Direct gives customers access to mature trees, specimen palms and advanced stock for high-end residential and commercial landscapes.
- Mature trees and specimen palms
- Online ordering and project support
- Sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential and commercial supply
