Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Buxus sempervirens


  • Common Name - European box
  • Botanical Name - Buxus sempervirens
  • Family - Buxaceae
  • Bud - opposite
  • Bark - lightly fissured, multi-stemmed, olive
  • Leaf - simple, elliptic shape, obtuse apex, attenuate base, entire margin, pinnate veins
  • Flower - raceme inflorescence, perfect, April - May
  • Fruit - capsule, brown, July - October
  • Habit - dense, upright
  • Form - round
  • Size - 2-3 m
  • Culture - full sun(if soil moist) full shade, alkaline.moist/well drained soil
  • Use - mass planting, hedge row

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