Blauer Heinz common box
Buxus sempervirens 'Blauer Heinz'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size1 to 2.5 feet tall1 to 2.5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Creamy white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Blauer Heinz' common box (Buxus sempervirens 'Blauer Heinz') is a shrub for borders, hedges, formal gardens, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet soil of most types. It grows slowly into a dense, evergreen mound that reaches 12 to 30 inches tall and wide. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. Bees visit the creamy white blooms.
Pairs well with Japanese holly, Munstead lavender, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Christmas fern.