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- Which attractive alternatives to boxwood are there?
- Small-flowered Rhododendron
- Renkes Little Greener
- Japanese holly
- Heck dwarf
- Heckenmyrthe
- Zwergliguster
- Tips
Japanese holly is very similar to boxwood
Which attractive alternatives to boxwood are there?
For years, diseases and pests such as the boxwood borer have been a major problem for the book. Since the continuous treatment with pesticides makes little ecological sense, more and more hobby gardeners are looking for plant alternatives. There are numerous small trees, which are also extremely robust, evergreen, hardy, cut friendly and easy to care for and which are very similar in appearance to the boxwood.
In the following article we introduce you
a little closer.
Small-flowered Rhododendron
This cut-compatible and thus also suitable for shape cutting boxwood substitute plant is a refinement of small-sized rhododendron shrubs. It is very hardy and tolerates temperatures below -20 degrees. The evergreen foliage is very similar to that of the bush. In addition, the plant adorns in June with a sea of pink flowers. With a stature height of up to one meter, the Small-flowered Rhododendron is well suited for low hedges. Even in the bucket on the terrace or balcony he thrives easily.
Renkes Little Greener
This plant is not a new breed and has been found in parks for many years. Evergreen, hardy and very cut tolerant, this taxus is ideal as bedding border or grave planting. It can be beautifully cut into shape and is in ball or cube shape as a specimen plant to the highlight of any garden. However, all parts of this yew are poisonous, so it should only be planted where it is ensured that small children do not inadvertently nibble from the tree.
Japanese holly
Of all the alternative plants, the foliage of the Japanese holly is most similar to that of the boxwood. Even vegetarians usually only recognize the difference at second glance. Compact, easy-care, robust and forestry, and very cut-friendly, this plant is an excellent alternative to the book.
Heck dwarf
This small shrub grows very dense and vigorous and is therefore ideal as a bedding border or enclosure of green areas. Winter hardy to minus 22 degrees, it also thrives in rougher locations. The slow-growing little wood rarely needs to be cut.
Heckenmyrthe
This evergreen small shrub is extremely undemanding and thrives equally well in the sun and in partial shade. In May it adorns itself with many white flowers and we become an attractive eye-catcher. Even fast-growing, the hedge myrtle tolerates radical cutbacks and thanks them with particularly dense growth. It is very resistant to diseases and pests.
Zwergliguster
Robust, very cut-resistant, dense and upright, this small wood is ideal as bedding or low hedge. He is not evergreen, however. The foliage, however, remains on the bush for a very long time and turns an attractive bronze color in autumn and early winter. From May to June, the plant adorns with fragrant, white flowers.
Tips
If it should be Buchs, you can switch to the native of Asia, small-leaved boxwood (Buxus microphylla). This is at least less sensitive to the fungus Cylindrocladium. In mild climatic region of the German Horticultural Association advises but also from these plants, as the thermophilic Buchsbaumzünsler is particularly active here and also heavily affected these plants.