Graham Blandy common box
Buxus sempervirens 'Graham Blandy'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones6 to 8
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Sizeup to 15 feet tall12 to 24 inches 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
'Graham Blandy' common box (Buxus sempervirens 'Graham Blandy') is a shrub for hedges, formal gardens, borders, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet soil of most types. It has a dense, upright habit and grows slowly. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. Bees visit the creamy white blooms.
Pairs well with Japanese holly, Bigleaf hydrangea, Spurge, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.