Welcome to the Better Boxwood collection, where innovation meets elegance. This collection features four unique varieties, each meticulously bred for specific landscape uses and traits. Whether you're aiming for a formal garden, a lush ground cover, or a striking hedge, there's a Better Boxwood variety perfect for your needs. Let's dive into the distinctive characteristics and ideal applications of each variety.
Renaissance. Low-Growing Elegance.
- Growth Habit: Renaissance boasts a low-growing habit with a slow growth rate, making it a perfect choice for those who prefer minimal maintenance.
- Leaf Characteristics: This variety features small, glossy, dark green leaves that retain their vibrant color throughout the year.
- Maintenance: With its slow growth, Renaissance requires less frequent pruning, typically only once a year.
- Best Uses: Ideal for low hedges, borders, and parterre gardens. Its compact form and year-round color make it perfect for creating neat, formal lines in any landscape.
Babylon Beauty. Versatile Ground Cover.
- Growth Habit: Babylon Beauty has a low spreading growth if not pruned, which makes it an excellent ground cover option.
- Leaf Characteristics: This variety features light green, small leaves that add a fresh touch to any garden.
- Root Strength: Babylon Beauty's strong roots make it suitable for poorer soils, offering versatility in various planting conditions.
- Best Uses: Ideal for layering applications, public green spaces, and as a ground cover. Its spreading habit and robust root system make it adaptable to a variety of soil conditions and landscaping needs.
Heritage. Classic Charm with Modern Resilience.
- Growth Habit: Heritage grows more compactly than the well-known Buxus sempervirens, making it a refined choice for formal gardens.
- Leaf Characteristics: Medium to dark green, glossy leaves that may discolor in poor sandy soils or with low fertilization but will turn green again in spring.
- Maintenance: This variety requires high fertilization to maintain its vibrant color, ensuring it stays lush and green year-round.
- Best Uses: Versatile for use as a hedge or topiary. Heritage is perfect for creating formal garden structures and shapes due to its compact growth and glossy leaves.
Skylight. Vigorous Growth for Dynamic Landscapes.
- Growth Habit: Skylight is the fastest growing of the four hybrids, making it ideal for creating substantial landscape features quickly.
- Leaf Characteristics: Medium green, glossy leaves add a vibrant touch to any garden setting.
- Root Strength: With strong roots to support its vigorous growth, Skylight is a robust choice for dynamic landscaping.
- Best Uses: Perfect for creating balls, volume applications such as cloud pruning, and higher hedges. Its rapid growth and strong roots make it suitable for more substantial and dynamic landscape features.
Each Better Boxwood variety offers unique features tailored to different landscaping needs. Whether you need low hedges, ground cover, formal structures, or dynamic features, Better Boxwood has a solution. Plus, with their blight-resistant properties, you can enjoy a beautiful, resilient garden with less worry about disease.
Choose Better Boxwood and elevate your landscape with these exceptional, scientifically bred varieties. For more information and inspiration, explore our collection and discover how Better Boxwood can transform your garden.
