Buxus × 'Green Mountain'
Object Details
- Description
- This is an old, slow-growing boxwood hybrid that was first introduced in the mid-‘60s. It is a dense, upright to pyramidal shrub that takes well to shaping.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- April to May
- Parentage
- Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' x Buxus sinica var. insularis
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Ripley Gardens
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2023-0021A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Boxwood hybrid cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Buxanae
- Order
- Buxales
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Genus
- Buxus
- Species
- ×
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Insignificant greenish-white flowers attract bees.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, opposite, elliptical to ovate, glossy, green leaves have smooth margines. Leaves are .75" (2 cm) long.
- Plant Size
- 3-5' tall x 2-3' wide (.9-1.5 x .6-.9 meters)
- Structure
- Upright
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2023-0021A
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