Formal Boxwood Border.
Parterre edges and clipped ribbons — structure that reads in every season.
Japanese and Dwarf English boxwood in crisp, continuous lines: the quiet geometry that holds a formal garden together in January exactly as it does in June.
What builds this look.
The ribbon
Japanese Boxwood
Heat-proof, crisp-shearing hedging for lines from one to four feet.
View the tree The heirloom edgeDwarf English Boxwood
True dwarf billows for the garden’s most precious edges.
View the tree The backdropWaxleaf Privet
A glossy mid-height hedge behind the parterre frames the composition.
View the treeGrower’s notes.
Japanese boxwood at 12–18 in on center; Dwarf English at 10–12 in
First shaping cuts within the first season set the line for decades
Drip irrigation at the root zone — boxwood dislikes overhead water
Feed lightly in spring; never shear hard in extreme heat
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Build the Formal Boxwood Border.
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