Buxus sempervirens ( Common Boxwood )
Popular specimen plant offers ellipse , lustrous glowering greenish leafage on a dense , multi - branched form . Excellent tall informal covert if result unclipped . Tolerates pruning well for use as a hedging , in topiary work or formal gardens . Does not do well in alkaline grease or spicy dry sphere . B. s. ‘ Suffruticosa ’ is the true dwarf boxwood commonly seen in conventional gardens ....