Pyramid Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis’
Other Common Names: American Pyramidal Boxwood, Common Boxwood, Pyramidal Boxwood, Pyramidal English Boxwood
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub
Height at Maturity: 6 to 12′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 2-3′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 18″ for solid hedges
Spacing: 18″ for solid hedges
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Dense, Columnar, Conical, Pyramidal, depending on pruning
Growth Rate: Slow
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Size: Tiny
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun w/Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun, All Day Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt (amended) – Soil must be well-drained!
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist but Well-Drained, Drought tolerant when established
Soil pH: 6.5 – 7.5 (Slightly Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances / Tolerances: Deer, Drought(when established), Insect, Rabbit, Shearing
Description
With handsome dark green foliage and a tight, pyramidal form that will be an exclamation point in your landscape, the Pyramid Boxwood will grow upwards of 12 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide at its base over time. That said, with an annual shearing in late winter the plant can be shaped as desired and maintained at a much lower height of 6 feet tall and width of 18 inches or so. Excellent as a specimen, flanking entryways, or as a narrow evergreen hedge.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 6 to 12 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide (depending on pruning), the Pyramid Boxwood is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, to flank entryways or frame corners, or as a narrow hedge. Excellent for use in pots, planters and other containers with a rim diameter of 12 inches or more. A fine addition to English gardens and formal gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 15 to 18 inches apart for solid hedges; 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Pyramid Boxwood requires a moist but well drained soil. Constantly wet soils are a killer. It grows in full sun or part shade or all-day lightly filtered sun. Can be sheared annually in late winter for shaping purposes or to control size.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Boxwood shrubs.
How To Plant A Boxwood Shrub
How To Fertilize And Water A Boxwood Shrub
How To Prune A Boxwood Shrub
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Bought 3 Pyramid Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis) – 1 Gallon Pot. Even though I was hoping for a little taller shrub, all 3 arrived in healthy condition. Looking forward to planting them together, possibly in a special location as a ending focal point of a stone path boarded by long garden beds.————————————We are glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂



















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