Planting Directions

To plant a traditional hedge with Dwarf English Boxwood is easy.
You will want the young shrbs to grow and fill thickly and evenly. This means you don’t want to plant them too far apart. They will never get wider than 3-feet and you want them growing into each other nicely. Plant them too far apart and it will be a row of gumdrops instead of a hedge. The proper spacing here would be boxwoods placed 2-feet apart on center. Measure it and mark your pattern out with paint on the ground. Measure as you plant so your boxwood hedge flows.

When installing new boxwoods, be sure to give them well loosened soil.
Dig your hole twice the size and depth of the root ball. Do make sure to completely saturate the roots before covering with your soil. It’s always good to mix compost or humus with the soil to help your boxwood grow more easily. The trick is to get them to spread roots into the ground quick without having to work hard at it.

Give your new American Boxwood a boost in adjusting to your soil.
New landscape shrubs will adapt better to a new location is you apply MiracleGro when planting. In fact, repeat this once a month until early fall and you’ll get twice the growth of leaf and root. You can also use a slow release granular fertilizer applied once a year. Happy boxwoods will reward you with incredible health and vigor.

You will want to shear your boxwood shrubs once or twice a year.
Make sure your shears are sharp. You want clean crisp shapes not fuzzy edges. Dull shears rip and shred instead of cut. American Bxwood you’ll want to coax into a soft pyramid. Dwarf Englsh Boxwood is better for small orbs and flat geometric hedging.