The Ultimate Care Guide for Artificial Boxwood Hedges

TL;DR

Artificial boxwood hedges provide timeless greenery with minimal upkeep. Unlike live plants, they don’t need watering, pruning, or fertilizing—just light dusting, rotation to avoid sun damage, UV protection, and proper storage. With these simple steps, your faux greenery will stay vibrant, realistic, and long-lasting indoors or outdoors.

• Light dusting keeps leaves clean and vibrant.
• Rotate seasonally to prevent uneven fading.
• Apply UV-resistant spray to guard against sun damage.
• Store safely during off-seasons if needed.
• Winward Home offers premium, realistic faux boxwoods.

Boxwoods have long been used to add structure and sophistication to gardens, lawns, and patios alike. Their simple, tight structure, classic look, and enviable, inviting greenery have been celebrated widely—often finding their place amongst high end interior brands such as Hermés Home, Armani Casa, Fendi Casa, and more. Here, their structure and faux greenery are elevated and truly breathtaking. And their achieved looks are perfect for everything from classic settings to more modern aesthetics.

Whether structural borders or attention-grabbing aesthetic touches, boxwoods can seamlessly blend into your home with style and sophistication. They make the perfect accompaniment to Dior Maison tableware, Baccarat crystalware, Lalique sculptures, or even Versace Home accents as a lush, layered touch, as a lavish framework, and more. Truly, boxwoods are a smart addition to any space.

But unlike living greenery, an artificial boxwood hedge requires little time or effort to stay beautiful. You’ll find that artificial boxwood maintenance needs are surprisingly low. You do not need to fertilize, water, or even prune your boxwood.

This isn’t to say, though, that artificial boxwood hedges require no maintenance. There are, in fact, a few simple things you can do to keep your faux greenery looking its best.

In this guide, we will touch upon the maintenance and care tasks you can use on your artificial boxwood hedge, topiary, and more. These tips will help you to keep your faux hedge looking stunning and fooling the eye season after season.

Boxwood Maintenance Needs

Offer a Light Dusting

Like any faux greenery, your artificial boxwood hedge will need a light dusting from time to time. This is a cornerstone of boxwood care, faux or otherwise. It also mirrors high-end homes, styled with Gucci Home décor or Restoration Hardware accessories, often put intricate details front and center in their design.

Larger fronds and leaves can be dusted with a simple dry cloth or duster to achieve their signature shine once again. Avoid harsh chemical sprays or cleaning solvents to ensure the greenery remains brilliant and color-rich.

For tighter and smaller leaf constructions, we recommend a wide bristled paintbrush or plant brush. This will bend and spread its bristles in every nook and cranny for maximum effectiveness and coverage. Simply be sure to keep the paintbrush dry and clean while dusting.

Turn Every Now and Then

Unlike living greenery, your faux hedge will never require watering, pruning, or re-potting. However, because it is made from non-living materials, it is also susceptible to wear. Air, light, and other environmental factors can all factor into this wear.

Of all these, light tends to be the most troublesome—especially in hot/dry climates—as it can dull your greenery over time. To keep things looking even, we recommend rotating your hedge at least once a season for an even distribution of light.

Small round or square boxwoods can be turned 90- or even 180-degrees to ensure even sunning. Rectangular artificial hedge walls or planters can be flipped 180-degrees to allow sun exposure evenly on both sides.

Treat for UV Damage

Light is a hiccup that separates living boxwood and faux boxwood care. While a living plant’s boxwood leaves love full sun, faux boxwoods have no need for it.

Investing in a UV-resistance coated collection is one way to keep your patio looking fresh. Depending on the environment, UV-coated patio furniture is built to withstand hours of UV exposure and prevent signs of fading.

Store as Needed

One of the most convenient elements of faux greenery is it is anything but temperamental. Where living hedges need to be wrapped and prepared for the doldrums of winter, faux greenery doesn’t require the same level of care.

Similarly, many living plants become negatively affected when dug up and repotted or repositioned. But this is simply not the case with an artificial boxwood hedge.

If you wish to relocate or store your faux plants for the winter, they will have no opinion on the matter. Simply clean and then place into a right-sized container or bag for storage. Once you are ready to display them again, they will be as beautiful and vibrant as the day you packed them!

This is the same approach to seasonal styling found in high end homes curated with Bentley Home, Hermés Maison, and more, where each high end piece serves as a seamless and stylish transition between seasons.

Discover Stunning Boxwoods for Your Home

Adorning your home with lively greenery no longer requires a green thumb. In truth, there are countless faux plants, from topiaries to artificial hedge walls, to consider. And of all, Winward Home crafts some of the best.

They echo the artistry and sophistication found in homeware collections from legacy brands such as Fendi Casa and Versace Home. Each piece dovetails to transform spaces into galleries of taste and considered design.

Our deluxe faux greenery is hand-crafted, and this includes our boxwood plants. Each piece is designed with some of the best materials in the artificial plant space. And each is given the attention it needs to birth an authentic-looking and stunning creation.

Should your home or garden benefit from a touch of everlasting green, our collection of faux boxwoods is sure to delight you. Discover Winward Home’s take of luxury floral design. Shop faux boxwoods for indoor and outdoor use.