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Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.
19th-century English flute made of boxwood (detail) Due to its high density, resistance to chipping, and relatively low cost, boxwood has been used to make parts for various stringed instruments since antiquity. [11] It is mostly used to make tailpieces, chin rests and tuning pegs, but may be used for a variety of other parts as well.
Buxus microphylla var. compacta (Kingsville dwarf boxwood) and similar cultivars are frequently used for bonsai. The cultivar 'Faulkner' (1 metre (3.3 ft) tall by 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) broad) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [8] In Japan, the wood of Buxus microphylla var. japonica can be used to make a hanko ...
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Metasequoia: dwarf redwoods; Metasequoia glyptostroboides: dawn redwood Cupressaceae (cypress family) Platycladus: arborvitae; Platycladus orientalis: Oriental arborvitae Cupressaceae (cypress family) Sequoia: true redwoods; Sequoia sempervirens: coast redwood; California redwood; giant redwood Cupressaceae (cypress family) 211 Sequoiadendron ...
Plants are a natural choice for walkway borders whether the swooping line of a tightly shorn boxwood leading to a dramatic sea view or the soft edge of hostas on the charming path to a poolside ...