Boxwood Single Ball Standard Topiary

Buxus sempervirens

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Topiary Shrub

Height at Maturity: 5-6′, depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: Maintain at preferred width

Spacing: Use as a single specimen or two to frame an entryway

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Standard

Growth Rate: Slow

Flower Color: Cream, inconspicuous

Flower Size: Tiny

Flowering Period: Spring

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Somewhat Dry

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts:

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect

Description

This is the single ball standard topiary form of the Common Boxwood, Buxus sempervirens, a soft textured shrub that will grow in sun or part shade. The foliage is a glossy, deep green and rarely requires pruning. Whether growing in the ground or in containers, this refined topiary is excellent as a centerpiece or focal point specimen in small garden spaces or use two to frame an entryway.

Landscape & Gardens Uses

Growing to maybe 5 to 6 feet in height and 1.5 feet to 2 feet wide at the base, depending on pruning, the Common Boxwood standard topiary is a perfect choice to accentuate and frame entryways. It is also useful as a distinctive specimen or grouping in landscape borders and home foundation plantings, or to mark corners. Excellent for pots, planters and other containers. A fine addition to topiary gardens, formal gardens, English gardens, and cottage gardens.

Growing Preferences

The Common Boxwood Standard Topiary is very easy to grow and requires minimal pruning to maintain its form. It will grow in a wide range of soils but prefers a moist, well-drained loam in full sun to part shade. When grown in containers, we suggest a 50/50 mix of potting soil and potting mix in a well draining pot. To avoid damage to new growth that can be stimulated by pruning, cease trimming two months prior to the average first-frost date in your area.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Boxwood shrubs.

How To Plant A Boxwood Shrub

How To Fertilize And Water A Boxwood Shrub

How To Prune A Boxwood Shrub

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These Boxwood topiaries are beautiful! Thank you so much.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Love them!————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG