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Plant: Aureo-variegata Boxwood
Boxwood · Buxus sempervirens 'Aureo-variegata'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A slow growing evergreen boxwood with the dense, multi stemmed, rounded habit of common box and glossy leathery elliptical leaves about 1 to 3 inches long. Small fragrant cream coloured flowers appear in spring and are followed by small brown capsules. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage around neutral pH, resists deer, drought and rabbits, and is used for hedges, screens, borders, foundation plantings and containers.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5a-8b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A slow growing evergreen boxwood with the dense, multi stemmed, rounded habit of common box and glossy leathery elliptical leaves about 1 to 3 inches long. Small fragrant cream coloured flowers appear in spring and are followed by small brown capsules. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage around neutral pH, resists deer, drought and rabbits, and is used for hedges, screens, borders, foundation plantings and containers.
- Flowers
- Non-showy, creamy yellow, fragrant flowers in spring; apetalous.
- Fruit
- Globose, 1/3 inch dehiscent capsule that matures to brown.
- Bark & stems
- New stems green, mature to brown, square in cross section.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Afternoon Sun
- Pruning
- Do not prune too early in spring or late in summer. Thinning plants annually helps light and air circulation.
- Native range
- Europe to N. Iran, N. Africa
