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Common Boxwood
Latin Name:
Buxus sempervirens
location:
southern Europe western Asia northern Africa
The Common Boxwood, which is also referred as Buxus sempervirens, can be found more or less around southern Europe, western Asia, northern Africa. It is usually shaped as evergreen shrub, making it a beautiful plant In the summer, its foliage changes to a new form, more or less opposite leaves, leathery and in the automn it can be described as evergreen, no fall color. The Common Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) has beautiful flowers that are blooms in April to May and contains fruits that are dehiscent 3 chambered capsule. It has a beautiful Bark, where we can see new stems are greenish and slightly 4-angled on it. An interesting fact regarding the way it is cultured is that prefers moist, cool soil with mulch around roots However, a bad thing with the Common Boxwood can be that lack of cold hardiness in all sites of zone 5 A good way to identify a Buxus sempervirens with its opposite leaves distinguish it from
Ilex crenata
which has similar appearance, but alternate leaves. The Common Boxwood's propagation method is done in a special way since it will do it cuttings root readily
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