Description | A Boxwood with white or cream edged leaves. |
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Pronunciation | (BUK-sus)(sem-per-VY-renz)(var-ee-GAY-tuh) |
Plant Type | Broadleaf evergreen |
Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
Sunlight | mostly sunny, partial shade |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | inconspicuous, not ornamental, apetulous, white/yellowish, occur in the early spring, may smell |
Leaves | green with white or cream to creamy yellow variegation, ones I have seen were white variegated early and matured to cream-colored variegation |
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 |