Japanese Boxwood
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It is a evergreen, perennial, fragrant, flowering shrub, see how the Japanese boxwood looks like in the garden and landscape.
Japanese Boxwood is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this boxwood are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 8a, 8b, 9a.
Boxwood details
| Plant type | shrub, flowering, fragrant, hedges | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial, evergreen | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | spring | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 90 sm - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 90 sm - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 1 m for solid hedge; 6'+ (1.8m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, well drained, dry | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.5 - 7.5 (moderately acidic - slightly alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average, low when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect | ||||||||
Winter hardiness zones:
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Japanese Boxwood @ wikipedia.
Japanese Boxwood in the landscape and gardening
