Boxwood Shrubs In Pots

Caring for boxwood in planters. A boxwood looks just as good in january as it does in may susanne notes.

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Boxwood shrubs in pots

One of the most versatile shrubs boxwoods bring year round color to the garden. Growing boxwood in your home landscape allows you to create a formal hedge a matching border or a pair of boxwood plants to balance an entryway. These evergreen shrubs combine rich green foliage with a dense rounded formal shape that changes little over time.

When your container grown boxwood shrubs are still young water them frequently to keep the soil from drying out. They tolerate drought and need little fertilizer. Unfortunately many kinds of boxwoods are susceptible to an incurable fungal disease called boxwood blight.

Boxwoods are a classic garden shrub first planted in america in the mid 1600s they re equally at home as accents hedges topiaries or in containers they re also deer resistant so their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. Care for boxwood in pots is very low maintenance. Boxwood plants buxus are dense evergreen shrubs often planted in elegant and formal landscapes many varieties and cultivars of boxwood plants exist.

Boxwoods in pots are living sculptures. Established plants need less water about once a week in the spring and summer and less often in the winter. Their evergreen foliage brightens dreary winter landscapes provides structure to both formal and informal gardens and can be shaped into tightly clipped geometric forms or.

Boxwoods are grown for foliage as their flowers are insignificant. Pots dry out more quickly than the ground especially if they are made of clay terracotta. Care for container grown boxwood shrubs.

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