| Description | Green Ice Boxwood is an extra hardy small Boxwood with an upright mounded growth habit. Reaches about 3 by 3 feet |
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| Plant Type | Broadleaf evergreen, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (4) 5 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, partial shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | inconspicuous, not ornamental, apetulous, white/yellowish, occur in the early spring, may smell |
| Leaves | oval-rounded, dark green, reported to hold it's green color throughout the winter, little bronzing |
| Dimensions | 3 by 3 feet (HS), report to hold it's shape, dense upright mounded |
| Maintenance | I like to shear the plants after the new foliage has hardened. If you shear to early, a lot of the new growth will be missed because it still may not have extended. This cultivar may need very little shearing. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Marlene Krasinsky (Brackenridge, PA) (probably Buxus sinica var. insularis × B. sempervirens), of garden origin |
| Notes & Reference | #253-Boxwood Handbook (Lynn R. Batdoff) |
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