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Boxwood Japanese: Lustrous Dark Green Foliage, Low‑Maintenance Compact Shrub

Boxwood Japanese (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)

Lustrous dark green leaves grace this dense, compact, slow‑growing, low‑maintenance shrub all year long. Benefits from light shade in the Southeast.

Growing Conditions

Full Sun
Low Water
Height: 5–10 feet
Spread: 4–7 feet

Tree: Japanese White Pine – Open Pyramidal Bluish-Green; Damianita – Yellow Flowers on Needle-Like Foliage; Aucuba 'Sawtoothed Japanese': Bold Evergreen with Serrated Leaves, Red Berries; Boxwood 'Faulkner': Compact Evergreen with Bronze‑Tinged Winter Foliage; Creeping Mahonia: Low Spreading Evergreen with Yellow Flowers & Blue‑Black Fruit; Damianita: Low Mounds of Yellow Flowers for Groundcover & Borders; Lowboy Pyracantha: Low Spreader with Creamy White Flowers and Orange Berries; Dwarf Myrtle: Compact Fragrant Evergreen for Low Hedges; Japanese Maples: Autumn Fireworks for Mild Climates; Boxwood Branch Dieback: Causes and Cultural Fixes

Garden Articles

Moving a Massive 21-Year-Old Andromeda (Pieris) and Managing Seedlings

Treating Recurring Brown Spots on Mature Boxwoods

Creeping Mahonia – Yellow Flowers & Blue-Black Berries

Lowboy Pyracantha – Low Spreader with Orange Berries

Barberry 'Red Leaf Japanese': Purple-Red Foliage Turns Amber in Fall

Barberry 'Rose Glow': Mottled Rose-Red Foliage with White and Green

Barberry Japanese 'Royal Cloak': Large Burgundy Foliage on Fountain Form

Plants

Boxwood 'Green Beauty': Heat‑Tolerant Evergreen for Small Hedges

Boxwood English Variegated: Cream‑Edged Foliage for Topiary & Formal Hedges

Cherry Bomb® Japanese Barberry: Deep Crimson Foliage & Red Berries for Low Hedges

Crimson Ruby® Japanese Barberry: Burgundy‑Red Foliage for Low Hedges & Formal Gardens

Flowering Quince 'Cameo Japanese': Soft Apricot‑Pink Blooms & Quince Fruit for Birds

Holly Japanese 'Sky Pencil': Narrow Columnar Form for Small Spaces

Rock Rose 'Brillancy': Showy Color for Dry Banks, Compact Mounding

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