Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,200 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on ten California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 4-6' x 4-6'
Natural Growth Habit: Rounded
Native To: Japan
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Full Shade
Water: Medium Water
Flower Color: Insignificant
Bloom Time:
Special Features: Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Hedge / Intermountain Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #1, #5, #15
Sunset Garden Zones: 3b-24
Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone: 6
Buxus microphylla japonica is the go-to shrub for low formal hedging. ‘Winter Gem’ is a good sturdy variety. Japanese Boxwood is a slow grower with dense foliage; it allows plenty of opportunity to fashion a linear, topiary, or spherical shape by shearing or clipping. This is the sort of shrub you would use if you wanted to create a formally delineated herb garden. Though, given to a fluffy and naturally rounded shape, it also has a pleasing shape if left untended. Buxus microphylla japonica ‘Winter Gem’ will not exceed 4-6 feet in height or 3-4 feet in width, and it is very possible to keep them much lower than that. Easy to grow in Sunset Garden zones 3b-24, this Japanese native bears nearly round small leaves of intense bright green. This shrub has the coveted distinction of being drought-tolerant as well as resistant to nematodes and deer.
Buxus microphylla japonica is the go-to shrub for low formal hedging. ‘Winter Gem’ is a good sturdy variety. Japanese Boxwood is a slow grower with dense foliage; it allows plenty of opportunity to fashion a linear, topiary, or spherical shape by shearing or clipping. This is the sort of shrub you would use if you wanted to create a formally delineated herb garden. Though, given to a fluffy and naturally rounded shape, it also has a pleasing shape if left untended. Buxus microphylla japonica ‘Winter Gem’ will not exceed 4-6 feet in height or 3-4 feet in width, and it is very possible to keep them much lower than that. Easy to grow in Sunset Garden zones 3b-24, this Japanese native bears nearly round small leaves of intense bright green. This shrub has the coveted distinction of being drought-tolerant as well as resistant to nematodes and deer.
