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- Plant boxwood as a bedding border - That's how it works
- Which box trees are suitable for a bed enclosure?
- When buying carefully inspect plants
- So plant the bed enclosure
- Tips
A boxwood hedge is a beautiful natural option of bedding
Plant boxwood as a bedding border - That's how it works
Low hedges made of tightly set box trees are known as bedding edging, especially from old peasant and baroque gardens. Particularly popular here are star-shaped gardens, where the individual flower beds and paths converge on a center, which is of course also lined with books. But Buchs does not only look good in historic garden shapes, it is also suitable for modern gardening styles.
Which box trees are suitable for a bed enclosure?
There are about 70 different species of Buxus, of which in this country especially the common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) and the small-leaved boxwood (Buxus microphylla) are common. Both are well suited, very cut tolerant and frost hardy. The only problem is their susceptibility to the boxwood tree, which prefers to settle on these two species. You should also choose species that are resistant to fungal diseases, as boxwood dying and other fungicidal diseases present the gardener with as much of a problem as the imported Asian moth. For example, the following low-growth and insensitive varieties are well suited for facing:
When buying carefully inspect plants
Prior to purchase, carefully inspect each plant for any case of bevelling and other pests and diseases. Buy only healthy and strong plants! Pay more attention to:
So plant the bed enclosure
Finally, you can plant the healthy, mostly in pots or bare root offered plants as bedding enclosure:
The best time to plant bedding is spring.
Tips
Even with 'Bloombux' (a small-leaved rhododendron), dwarf yew, the Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) or the local holly (Ilex aquifolium) or a dwarf privet as substitute plants can be beautifully bordered flower beds.