Buxus Hedging Betterbuxus Skylight 13cm Pot 20cm

Buxus Hedging – Betterbuxus® ‘Skylight’ – Compact, Blight-Resistant Evergreen Structure

Betterbuxus® ‘Skylight’ is a new generation of box (Buxus) hedging bred for outstanding health, reliability, and evergreen beauty. Compact, tidy, and highly blight-resistant, ‘Skylight’ offers all the classic elegance of traditional boxwood while overcoming many of the challenges that gardeners have faced with older varieties.

With its small, glossy green leaves and naturally dense growth habit, ‘Skylight’ is ideal for creating low formal hedges, neat borders, and crisp edging around paths and beds. It responds beautifully to regular clipping, forming sharp, defined lines that suit both contemporary and traditional garden styles. Slow-growing and easy to maintain, it’s an excellent choice for long-lasting structure and year-round greenery in any setting.

Key Features

• Blight-Resistant: Bred for exceptional resistance to box blight and other common Buxus diseases.

• Compact & Dense: Naturally forms a tight, bushy hedge with minimal pruning.

• Evergreen Foliage: Small, glossy leaves hold their colour all year round.

• Low Maintenance: Easy to grow and shape, even in smaller gardens or containers.

Ideal For

• Low formal hedging and topiary borders

• Path and bed edging in traditional or modern designs

• Framing entrances, garden features, or parterres

• Evergreen structure in patios and courtyards

Growing Conditions

• Position: Full sun to partial shade

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil; tolerates a range of soil types

• Hardiness: Fully hardy across the UK

• Care: Clip lightly once or twice a year to maintain shape

Choose Betterbuxus® ‘Skylight’ for a modern, disease-resistant take on classic box hedging. With its dense, evergreen growth and reliable performance, it delivers the timeless elegance of Buxus with the improved resilience today’s gardens demand.

Buxus Hedging Betterbuxus Skylight 13cm Pot 20cm Grasslands Nursery Winter Hardy Average Rate Of Growth Evergreen

Does the height include the pot?

No, we measure from the top of the pot to the tip of the plant except for some of the instant planted screens, in this case it will be stated in the description

How long does delivery take?

Most orders are delivered in just a few days, Smaller items are often sent with Parcelforce on a next day service, Larger items should allow up to 10 days due to the size of the items they often have to be sent on our own transport.

Where will you leave my plants?

We will leave your order at the front of your property, Parcelforce may
leave your items in a safe place if you let us know, Pallet couriers
will require a flat hard surface to deliver to, no gravel or soil, a
driveway or parking spot would be best. Most importantly Deliveries by
pallet courier will require access for a large truck (bin lorry sized)
to get near the delivery point. Deliveries sent on our own transport may come in a small van or larger truck.