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Buis commun
Buxus sempervirens
L'arbuste à feuillage persistant et à larges feuilles par excellence des haies formelles, topiaires et bordures taillées — petites feuilles opposées vert foncé et luisantes sur un port dense et arrondi qui supporte la taille mieux que presque tout autre arbuste. Originaire du sud de l'Europe, de l'Asie occidentale et du nord de l'Afrique, il porte des fleurs printanières vert crème discrètes et conserve son feuillage toute l'année. Toutes ses parties sont toxiques si ingérées et le feuillage peut provoquer des irritations cutanées, mais cette même composition chimique le rend résistant aux lapins et aux cerfs.
Climate fit: narrow (38/100)
Structure
Border
Focal point
Light
Full sun / Part sun / Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
60-180" tall · 36" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-8b
very cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 40 ecoregions — 34 climate-resilient through 2070 · 5 suited today · 1 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Colorado Rockies forests
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Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Buis commun (Buxus sempervirens). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/buxus-sempervirens
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
Backs 17 fields
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