25+ Japanese Boxwood Vs Wintergreen Boxwood

Sometimes for a number of reasons we need to look to the american japanese and korean boxwood for answers. Sprinter buxus microphylla sprinter this japanese boxwood is a fast grower and resists boxwood blight as well as winter burn that singed look that shrubs get in spring after a particularly hard winter.

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Japanese boxwood vs wintergreen boxwood

English boxwood borderline to zone 5. Perhaps we tire of seeing our boxwood grow half an inch a year american boxwood can get huge. The boxwood cultivar wintergreen is more cold hardy than other selections and retains green foliage color in winter.

Its leaves can turn a light bronze in winter sun. Japanese boxwood has a good growth rate. Contact with boxwood sap may irritate the skin.

2 to 4 feet tall and wide. Common boxwoods buxus sempervirens like the english boxwood are more susceptible. Japanese boxwood buxus microphylla var.

More resistant kinds include the japanese and korean types look for selections like green beauty and winter gem there s a boxwood for everyone. The first is japanese boxwood buxus microphylla which is usually available in dwarf forms growing slowly to just a few feet in height. Most japanese boxwoods are hardy in partial sun in zones 6 through 9.

During winter the leaves tend to blush bronze especially in cold temperatures and full sun exposures. It is great for use in medium sized hedges and is very tolerant of pruning or shearing. Perhaps we need a cold hardy boxwood the plant featured on this page wintergreen is cold hardy to zone 4.

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