Evergreen Buxus sempervirens, here shaped as Box Tree Balls just need maintaining with a light trim a couple of times per year. Leave a little growth on each time if you want them to get bigger. Box Trees or Buxus grows best in well drained fertile soil or, if growing in a pot, us a 50/50 mix of John Innes and multipurpose compost. Sun or part shade. Always water Buxus in pots by wetting the soil rather the foliage, wet foliage can encourage a disease called box blight. Feed with seaweed fertiliser, you can use this as a foliar feed a couple times of year
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