As an evergreen plant, the boxwood is very suitable for bordering beds. It is available in different sizes, so that a boxwood hedge can be designed at different heights to suit your beds or garden.
How do you design a bed border with boxwood?
For a bed border with boxwood, you should choose a small, slow-growing variety, dig the planting holes, water the root balls and fertilize the plants with compost. Then water well and cut regularly to promote dense growth.
What should I pay attention to when buying?
Buy only he althy plants; they should not have wilted foliage or brown spots on the leaves. The boxwood borer poses a great danger to the boxwood; it can cause the plants to die. Check the underside of the leaves to see if there are any eggs of the pest. They are lenticular and pale yellow.
Which boxwood is particularly suitable as a bed border?
Most of the time the borders for individual beds should be rather low. The weakly growing boxwood varieties are best suited for this purpose. Although variegated boxwood is particularly decorative, it is unfortunately often not as hardy as green-leaved varieties. They need protection from frost in a cold winter. However, in a mild area they are well suited as a bed border.
How do I plant the boxwood as a bed border?
It is ideal if you plant your new boxwood hedge in spring. If you mark the route with a string, your bed border will be straight. The planting distance depends on the size and growth rate of the boxwood you choose. For plants that are around 10 to 15 cm tall, a distance of around ten centimeters is sufficient.
Water the root balls of your boxwoods thoroughly while digging the planting holes. Loosen the soil and improve it with some compost if necessary. After planting, water the plants thoroughly again. You can now cut back larger boxwoods 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 can prune the boxwood every four weeks if necessary. This will encourage it to grow densely. However, a pruned boxwood needs a relatively large amount of water, otherwise it will take a long time for it to sprout new leaves.
The most important things in brief:
- choose a small, slow-growing variety
- Mark the bed border with string
- Watering root balls
- fertilize with compost
- pour well
Tip
Boxwood is not only suitable as a bed border for baroque gardens.
