Gardener's Guide to Box

Designing, shaping and caring for Buxus

Jenny Alban Davies

• Publisher: The Crowood Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780719840753
• eBook ISBN: 9780719840760
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

As long as there have been gardens, box has played a part. In A Gardener's Guide to Box, experienced box specialist, Jenny Alban Davies, describes the use of box in a wide range of garden designs and situations. Along with useful information about the nurture of box plants as well as how to maintain clipped box in an optimal state from year to year, this book also explains the best way to grow healthy box, with the most up-to-date advice on its care. Topics include: designing with box in different styles and in small as well as large gardens; descriptions of twenty Buxus species and cultivars, with notes about their use in the garden; how to keep box topiary planted in containers healthy, and advice on controlling pests and diseases. Whether you are planning to plant a knot garden, dealing with a recent attack of blight or caterpillar, growing a box hedge from cuttings or creating your own topiary shape from an untouched plant, this book will give you the know-how to do it.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Using Box in Formal Garden Design
• 2 Box in Contemporary Garden Design
• 3 Box in Small Gardens
• 4 Box Species and Cultivars
• 5 Planting and Propagating Box
• 6 Making Topiary Shapes
• 7 Care, Maintenance and Clipping
• 8 Box Pests and Diseases
• Index