It's fair to say that most people have seen boxwood shrubs shaped into squat balls or tall cones. These topiary shapes are common, and even a little boring; there's a range of other options ...

I have a 15-year-old box hedge (Buxus sempervirens). In the past five years I’ve fertilised it with chicken pellets around the roots each March and also sprayed it with TopBuxus every five weeks ...