Green Velvet buxus
Buxus 'Green Velvet'
MBG Plant of Merit 2010
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Pale green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Green Velvet' buxus (Buxus 'Green Velvet') is a shrub for hedges, borders, foundation plantings, and formal gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist soil of most types. It stays green all year, and pale green blooms attract bees. It sits low on the menu for deer and rabbits. You can clip it into neat shapes.
Pairs well with Munstead lavender, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Japanese forest grass.