Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Beauty'
Object Details
- Description
- This small-leaved boxwood cultivar is more tolerant of heat and humidity than other boxwoods, with a naturally round, strong, growth form. It recovers quickly from a broken branch or heavy pruning, but is also easy to keep to a desired form.
- Hardiness
- -10 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- March-April
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Ripley Gardens
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2023-0024A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Japanese boxwood cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Buxanae
- Order
- Buxales
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Genus
- Buxus
- Species
- microphylla
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Fragrant but insignificant
- Foliage Characteristics
- Lance-shaped leaves are glossy, green, and smaller than the species. May bronze after a frost.
- Plant Size
- 3-5' tall by about 3-5' wide (.91-1.5 m x .91-1.5 m)
- Structure
- Round; dense, compact
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2023-0024A