Description | Green Mountain Boxwood (Buxus) is a dense upright growing Boxwood forming a natural cone shaped. Does good in full sun or some shade. |
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Plant Type | Shrubs Broadleaf Evergreen |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | full, mostly sunny to semi-shade |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | inconspicuous, not ornamental, white/yellowish, occur in the early spring, may smell |
Leaves | small, oval, leathery, evergreen in Zone #5, some bronzing in exposed sites in the winter |
Dimensions | 5 feet tall, spreading 3 feet, upright pyramidal |
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. |
Propagation | cuttings |
Cultivar Origin | The Green Velvet is one of a group of plants that were selected from a group of open pollinated plants at the Sheridan Nursery in Oakville, Ontario 1960. The plants were selected and released in the 1970's. |
Author's Notes | I live in hardiness zone #5 and have planted many of these in the landscape. They have proven to be a hardy Boxwood. |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |