Green Beauty boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Beauty'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Sizeup to 5 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Greenish-cream
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Green Beauty' boxwood (Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Beauty') is a shrub for hedges, borders, foundation plantings, and formal gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist soil of most types. It grows slowly into a dense, evergreen shrub that tolerates drought. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. The greenish-cream blooms are fragrant and attract bees.
Pairs well with Munstead lavender, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Red spider lily.