Dutch Box (English Box, Dwarf Box). The most widely available cultivar used as a small hedging shrub that is amenable to trimming; it has a dwarf, dense, compact habit, and grows about 50 cm in 10 years. Leaves small, obovate, often cupped, about 1.5 cm long,1 cm wide with notched tips and the midrib white below. Originated prior to 1753.