Alternatives to Box
Plants that can be grown like Box (Buxus semperirens) but that don't suffer from Box tree caterpillar.
Plants (25)
Berberis microphylla 'Pygmaea'
Dwarf Magellan barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Rocket'
Thunberg's orange barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Atropurpurea Nana'
Crimson pygmy barberry, Little favourite, Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Aureovariegatus'
Small leaved variegated Japanese spindle
Osmanthus delavayi
Delavay tea olive
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tandara Gold'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Berberis darwinii 'Compacta'
Darwin's compact barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Golden Torch'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Albovariegatus'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Pulchellus'
Small leaved golden Japanese spindle
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus Variegatus'
Japanese spindle
Ilex crenata
Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Baggesen's Gold'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Luma apiculata 'Glanleam Gold'
Arrayan, Palo colorado, Temu, Collimamol, Myrtle
Pittosporum 'Arundel Green'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Collaig Silver'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Taxus baccata
English yew, Common yew
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
English yew, Common yew
Teucrium chamaedrys
Wall germander, Ground oak, Ground germander
Ugni molinae Butterball = 'Tabball'
Chilean cranberry, Chilean guava