The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Green Mound boxwood

Family: Buxaceae (boxwood family)

Distribution: hybrid: selection of Buxus sinica var. insularis × B. sempervirens

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Evergreen shrub

Comments: This evergreen shrubs will grow to 3' tall and wide and matures as an attractive mound of dark green foliage. Holds good leaf color all year. One of several hybrid introductions from Ontario, Canada. Highly resistant to feeding from rabbits and deer.