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- Can I wrap my beds with boxwood?
- What do I need to pay attention to when purchasing?
- Which boxwood is particularly suitable as a bedding border?
- How do I plant the boxwood as a bedding border?
- How do I care for my boxwood?
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
A bedding border with boxwood looks nice, of course
Can I wrap my beds with boxwood?
As an evergreen plant, the boxwood is very well suited as a bedding border. It is available in different sizes, so that a boxwood hedge can be designed in different heights, just as it fits your beds or in your garden.
What do I need to pay attention to when purchasing?
Buy only healthy plants, they should have neither withered leaves nor brown spots on the leaves. A great danger to the boxwood is the boxwood cinder, it can bring the plants to die off. Check the underside of the leaf to see if there are any eggs from the pest. They are lenticular and pale yellow.
Which boxwood is particularly suitable as a bedding border?
In most cases, the borders for individual beds should be rather low. For this purpose, the low-growing boxwood species are best suited. Buntblättriger boxwood is indeed very decorative, but unfortunately often not as hardy as green-leaf varieties. You need protection against the frost in a cold winter. In a mild area, however, they are well suited as a bedding enclosure.
How do I plant the boxwood as a bedding border?
It is ideal if you plant your new boxwood hedge in the spring. If you mark the track with a string your bed setting will be straight. The planting distance depends on the size and vigor of the selected boxwood. At about 10 to 15 cm tall plants, a distance of about ten centimeters.
Thoroughly water the root bales of your box trees as you dig out the planting holes. Loosen the soil and refine it with some compost if necessary. Pour the plants thoroughly again after inserting. Larger box trees can now be cut back by about a third, but this is not recommended for very small plants.
How do I care for my boxwood?
During the growing season from April to September you may prune the boxwood every four weeks, if necessary. This will encourage him to a dense growth. However, a trimmed boxwood needs a relatively large amount of water, otherwise it will take a long time to remove new leaves.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
Boxwood is not only suitable for baroque gardens as a bedding border.