Dwarf Korean Boxwood Shrubs

Southern living plant collection 2 5 qt.

Dwarf korean boxwood shrubs. It is a slow grower often adding only an inch of height per year and it rarely reaches a mature height of more than 3 feet. Koreana are broadleaf evergreen shrubs. It reaches a mature height of just two feet tall with a slightly greater spread. Boxwood boxwood is an easy fast growing shrub that is great for hedging borders or flowerbeds.

Please choose a rating. For centuries the most popular cultivar grown has been the so called english boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa a slow growing dwarf with small leaves. While it is a slow growing plant english boxwood is a super stylish and refined evergreen shrub that can add beauty to any form of landscape. Members of the genus buxus include about thirty species and 160 cultivars including buxus sempervirens the common american boxwood the varieties are largely based on leaf size and growth which can range from one foot tall to twenty 3 6 m.

Dwarf or low growing boxwoods. Korean boxwood plants buxus sinica insularis formerly buxus microphylla var. Wintergreen boxwood live shrub plant glossy dark green foliage. It features year round leaves that are easy to shape.

Considered to be the most resistant to the boxwood leaf miner. Wintergreen boxwood shrub plant. Well suited for topiary and containers. This cultivar is actually a poor.

Japanese boxwood buxus shrub live evergreen hedge plant with green deer resistant foliage. They are slightly wider than they are tall when they are mature and develop a partially open branch structure. A small rounded evergreen shrub that forms tufts of growth resembling a cloud if left unpruned. Sprinter buxus microphylla sprinter this japanese boxwood is a fast grower and resists boxwood blight as well as winter burn that singed look that shrubs get in spring after a particularly hard winter.

Another dwarf variety is the korean buxus sinica var. English boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa sometimes called true dwarf boxwood is the boxwood cultivar most commonly grown in the united states. Introduced to america in 1652 boxwood shrubs have been gracing gardens since colonial times. Boxwood baby gem live shrub plant glossy green foliage.

English boxwood is often referred to as dwarf boxwood due to its slow growth rate. True dwarfs suffruticosa english boxwood shrubs are slow growing plants that are easily shaped by pruning which is a desirable trait for hedges and topiaries. These shrubs are dense plants. The slow growing dwarf form is ideal for edging and borders along pathways or around flower beds.