Description
The Baby Gem Boxwood (Buxus microphylla ‘Gregem’ PP21159) from the Southern Living Plant Collection is a compact and finely-textured evergreen shrub with a controlled habit that will mature to 4 feet tall by 4-5 feet wide. This easy-to-care-for boxwood is often used in landscapes as accents, borders, mass plantings, containers, or low hedges. The small glossy green foliage responds well to trimming and shaping, and the slow growth habit will make keeping the desired size and shape easy. This Boxwood will thrive in the landscape USDA Zones 5-9 (In Zones 4 and below this bush should be planted in containers and moved indoors during the Winter).
- A staple plant in the Southern Living Plant Collection with a mature size of 4’H x 4-5’W.
- Provides deep and rich hedge protection for privacy screening and well as noise barrier from more busy streets or trafficked areas.
- With a petite leaf this foundation plant requires little pruning. Or prune it into a topiary to amaze your neighbors.
- This rounded evergreen will stay everlong in your landscape garden providing rich backdrop for all your more flowery type plants.
- Hardy in zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
- Buxus microphylla var. japonica ‘Gregem’ PP21159.
- Great hedge plant.
- USDA Zones: 5-9 | Mature Size: 3′ H x 3′ W.
