Buxus Silver Beauty

Buxus Silver Beauty Details

Buxus sempervirens Silver Beauty is a rounded variety of the commonly known, Box Hedge, and is grown for its variegated foliage and dense growth habit. The small leaves are dark green with irregular, cream-silver margins, and held densely on short stems. Left untrimmed it will eventually grow to 1 m tall and 1.2 m wide but is often trimmed to much smaller sizes. This evergreen shrub performs best when planted in full sun or partial shade on a well-drained, semi-sheltered site. It is tolerant of most soil types, except at the extremes of wet and dry, frost, cool climates, and coastal conditions. Buxus Silver Beauty is commonly trimmed into a small hedge, used for topiary, or maintained in a container. Space plants 20 cm apart for a box hedge.