Taxon

Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'

Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' - English boxwood, edging boxwood, true-dwarf common boxwood
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: English boxwood, edging boxwood, true-dwarf common boxwood
Family: Buxaceae (boxwood family)
Distribution: Species native to Europe, n. Africa and w. Asia
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen shrub
Comments: A slow-growing selection that forms an erect evergreen shrub to around 8' tall after many years. New growth has a bluish cast; mature leaves are dark, shiny green. Winter color varies from dark green to bronze depending upon exposure. Resistant to deer and rabbit browsing plus leaf miner. Plant in the spring or fall as specimens or in mass plantings.

Locations

  • 1: MEM: AH04 (AH04) • Accession: D2001-0383.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: MEM: AH04 (AH04) • Accession: D2001-0383.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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