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Boxwood - Green Borders

Evergreen Shrub Perfect for Pruning


The Green Borders Boxwood is a short, evergreen shrub. It would do great as a specimen planting in your yard or work well as a low, informal hedge.


No landscape is complete without at least one Boxwood plant. They are incredibly versatile plants, with a variety of colors, foliage and habits. Used for everything from traditional hedges to intricate topiary figures, the Boxwood can’t be beat for its utility and beauty. They are simply a must-have for any superior landscape.


Your Green Borders Boxwood grows to about 3 feet in height with a 4 foot spread. Its branching habit is somewhat horizontal, helping it blend easily with companion plants. The dark green foliage has a soft appearance to its finely textured leaves.


A delightful thin, white stripe runs down the underside of each leaf, an added decorative feature to an already lovely plant. In fact, your Boxwood is so valued for its lovely foliage that is often used in crafts and decorations.


Your Green Borders Boxwood is an adaptable shrub that looks great if left alone, but also easily adjusts to your specific needs. You can shape it to almost any height and it takes well to being used as a topiary specimen.


Your Boxwood is deer resistant, so even when its evergreen nature tempts them in their winter-foraging, you’re unlikely to have to chase them off.


It’s an outstanding, hardy plant that will fit many uses and landscape conditions. You can’t go wrong with a Green Borders Boxwood.


* Adaptable to pruning
* Evergreen
* Deer resistant


 

Plant Facts

Family Buxus microphylla 'Green Borders'
Foliage Dark Green
Mature Height 3 feet
Mature Spread 4 feet
Soil Well Drained
Zones 5-10
Moisture Average
Mature Form Horizontal, branching
Growth Rate Moderate
Sun Exposure Full Sun to Partial Shade
Fall Color Evergreen

Quick Overview

The Boxwood 'Green Borders', Buxus microphylla 'Green Borders', displays more of a horizontal branching habit. This fine textured plant has dark foliage with a fine white stripe adorning the underside of the leave's midrib. A natural, low maintenance shrub, it matures at around 3 foot high and 4 foot wide. 'Green Borders' Boxwood is the top choice for low, informal hedging and when you need a dark green color; provides structure and interest in the landscape. This boxwood looks fabulous when planted in a mass planting. It can also be used as a landscape specimen, along borders, or near water gardens or ponds; tolerant of moist soils. Although pruning or shearing is never necessary with 'Green Borders', plants can be sheared into tight geometric shapes or formal topiary if desired.
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