Common box – Complete Hedging Pack 50m

PLANT INFORMATION

• Size : 15-30cm tall plants for 50m of hedging
• Pack contents : 250 x 15-30cm tall plants

• Botanical name/s : Buxus sempervirens
• Common name/s : Common box
• Flower / Foliage : Dark green leaves, clusters of yellow flowers in spring and green fruits in summer.
• Plant type : Evergreen
• Flowering period : Spring
• Mature height : 4m or as trimmed
• Mature spread : As trimmed
• Growth rate : Slow
• Recommended usage : Ideal as formal hedging, a popular choice for defining pathways and borders.
• Nursery grown : Yes

AFTER CARE / PLANT MAINTENANCE

The Buxus sempervirens plants must be heeled-in firmly around the base of the plants. Bare root plants will benefit from watering in the early stages of establishment.

Check tree tie / stake isn’t rubbing and / or too tight or too loose on the trunk.

Check for and remove any dead, decaying, diseased or crossing branches.

Remove any weeds from around the base of the Common box (including grass).

• Position/Aspect : Full sun to partial shade.
• Soil : Any fertile, well-draining soils.
• Hardiness : Hardy in most places throughout the UK. 
• Plant maintenance : Requires light pruning.

How to plant your Bare Root hedging pack

1 – If you don’t intend to set the hedge immediately upon arrival, store the plants in a cool, frost free shed or garage.

2 – When planting out, do not remove the hedging plants from the box or bag. Exposure to sun or drying winds may lead to root desiccation and eventual failure.

3 – Do not dig huge planting pits that require laborious backfilling. If the soil is reasonably good, use the notch planting technique. Push your spade 4-6” into the ground,open up a wide slit and place the root in at the nursery soil mark.

4 – Be sure to ‘heel in’ very tight. This is most important to ensure good root/soil contact. After heeling in, you should have to tug the plant quite hard to remove it.

5 – After completion of planting, mulch the hedge with either; plastic, woodchips or similar to trap moisture in, and prevent growth of weed competition.