Scientific name: Buxus sempervirens

Common name:  common buxwood

Family name: Buxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 2-3m wide and tall

Form: Round, dense

Water use: Moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: None.

Flower/cone/fruit description: Raceme flowers; not showy. Capsule brown fruit.

Limitations: Smells like pee; limits placement.

Suitable uses: Hedge.

Quick ID: Evergreen, Shrub. Simple. Opposite. Notched tip of leaves. Odour of burnt hair when leaves crushed. Angular stem (not round). Brown capsular fruit.

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