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

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 🙂