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planting box hedge in pots Buy Buxus microphylla var. Japonica Boxwood BoxJapanese Boxwood Japanese Box Botanical Name: Buxus microphylla var. japonica Family: Buxaceae Origin: East Asia (Japan, Korea) Plant Type: Evergreen shrub (formal hedging topiary) Overview The go to formal hedge edging shrub: dense, small leaved mid green foliage, clips cleanly, and stays neat year round. Handles sun or part shade in SA; best with afternoon shade in hot districts and reliable moisture while establishing. Key Features Mature Size: 12
Japanese Boxwood / Japanese Box
Botanical Name: Buxus microphylla var. japonica
Family: Buxaceae
Origin: East Asia (Japan, Korea)
Plant Type: Evergreen shrub (formal hedging/topiary)
Overview
The go-to formal hedge/edging shrub: dense, small-leaved mid-green foliage, clips cleanly, and stays neat year-round. Handles sun or part shade in SA; best with afternoon shade in hot districts and reliable moisture while establishing.
Key Features
- Mature Size: 1–2 m H × 1–1.5 m W (unclipped; smaller if regularly trimmed)
- Growth Rate: 10-20 cm per year under good conditions
- Foliage: Small, glossy mid-green leaves; lime-green new growth
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Flowers: Tiny greenish-cream blooms in spring; lightly fragrant (bee-attracting)
- Seasonal Interest: Evergreen structure; fresh lime flushes after trims
- Wildlife Value: Spring pollen/nectar for bees & beneficials
- Tolerance: Drought-tolerant (once established), heat-tolerant (with mulch/PM shade), wind-tolerant, second-line coastal-tolerant; frost hardy
- Planting Density: Low hedges (30–60 cm height): plant 4–6 plants per metre for a tight, formal hedge; Medium hedges (60–120 cm height): plant 3–4 plants per metre for good coverage; Borders & topiary: space plants to suit their natural form and desired shape
- Pet Friendly: Toxic to pets (avoid ingestion). Ingestion may cause vomiting/diarrhoea; keep clippings out of reach.
Where It Works Best
- Sunlight: Full sun to part shade (avoid harsh reflected heat)
- Soil: Well-drained loam/sandy loam; enrich with organic matte
- Water Needs: Establishment: 2 deep soaks/week for 8–12 weeks. Established: deep soak every 10–14 days in summer (weekly in heatwaves); minimal in winter
- Maintenance: Clip 2–4×/yr (little & often). Feed in early spring with slow-release fertiliser; mulch to keep roots cool
- Lifespan: 30–50+ years (very long-lived with care)
- Climate Zones: Temperate & Mediterranean SA; shelter from extreme coastal exposure
- Soil pH: Neutral to slightly alkaline (tolerates slightly acidic)
Landscape & Design Ideas
- Formal edging for paths & parterres
- Neat low hedges to frame beds
- Containers/topiary balls at entries for year-round structure
Why You Will Love It
Classic formal look, tight clip, and year-round greenery—the dependable hedge that makes gardens feel finished
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★★★★★ 5
What's to say, a Saint and a Doctor of the church.
Format: Paperback
Content awesome as one would expect from a doctor of the church. Problem, font size of the printed is to small for comfortable reading.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2025
★★★★★ 5
A guide for prayer relevant today
Format: Paperback
Though written in the 16th century, this book is so direct, speaking of the issues of parenting, prayer, and our relationship with God, as if the author were alive today. The examples she gives are so human, and so direct. Do you pray in church, or do you fall into the temptation of looking who is there around you? What other temptations do you give into that take you AWAY from prayer? Do you know how easy it is to falter in prayer? St. Teresa will help you not feel like a failure. There are times you should simply not pray ("no water in the well"), and in those cases, St. Teresa suggests to read a good book. Lots of good books - and hers is a perfect way to start. She is helping me pray, but when I am having a dry spell, she is helping me not fall away from God.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2014
★★★★★ 5
......................COINCIDENCE?…I was on page 130 when my husband
of 43 yrs kissed me good by, walked out the door, fell down -& never got up. His last words to me when I tried to help him up were " I'm ok".
The paramedics worked on him for over an hour but never got a pulse. He died less than 5' from me -but, I couldn't even hold his hand.
He'd converted to Catholism but, became a Catholic without a church; like me!
Why I chose this book is still beyond me......especially of this Saint; we'd been to her shrine, in Spain, yrs ago. I'd found it
'too much'… the relics (a finger) -as I remember it struck me as wrong.
On that same trip, we went to Fatima; my husband told me he just knew something special had happened here when we visited the shrine & the small statue of Our Lady of Fatima. I,
(the Catholic, raised by devote parents & nuns in school) who really wanted to feel the same -didn't.
It is 3wks. since his death.
Maybe, I'm just still numb.
We were 24/7 for over 43 yrs. (we had a business- then retired & traveled - we had a wonderful life) BUT…
How could I live now...without him? And Why?
I waited for a 'breakdown'… for his loss to hit me. I felt waves of grief, that were physical -go through me for a few days; but, no great sobbing of tears.
The only explanation I have (& I thank God for it) is that I do feel him with me still, in my heart/soul. My daily prayer is that I never feel That loss. (being the cynic that I am, I can not begin to express what this means to me) It is so real a presence & comfort!
And, 'for the record', the very first call I made was to the church we weren't going to. (In 'my' day, if you weren't in 'good standing' you didn't get a funeral Mass.) We got a it and were welcomed!
My Faith, is still pathetically weak. Father told me to offer my grief as sacrifice. I'm trying.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2018
★★★★★ 5
Very thoughtful, encouraging, and personal reflection of her life
St. Teresa’s personal reflection of her life brought me a clearer light and understanding of her other more theological writings. What impressed me most was how she revealed her own many short comings and failures despite the great graces she received. This was a real encouragement to me in my own journey toward becoming a saint.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022
★★★★★ 4
Illustrated ?
The content of the book is well worth reading. The claim that it is "illustrated" borders on dishonesty. There are 14 thumbnail photos, none of which have anything to do with the life of Teresa of Avila. However, it was worth $0.99 (for the Kindle version).
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Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019