Dark Green Evergreen with Excellent Heat Tolerance
Green Beauty Boxwood features dark green foliage that retains its rich color in the hottest summers, becoming bronze-tinged in cold weather. This heat and drought-tolerant evergreen offers excellent formal design potential, deer resistance, and year-round structure, making it perfect for formal hedges, foundation plantings, and borders.
Key Features
Dark Green Foliage: Retains color in hot summers, bronze-tinged in winter
Heat & Drought Tolerant: More tolerant than other boxwood varieties
Formal Design: Well-suited to pruning into formal shapes
Compact Growth: Ideal for small hedges and borders
Growing Specifications
Light: Full sun to part shade
Mature Size: 4-5' tall x 4-5' wide
Hardiness: Zones 6-9
Type: Evergreen shrub
Pruning: Prune in late winter or early spring to maintain shape. Can be trained into formal shapes with regular pruning.
Care & Growing Conditions
Plant in full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. Mulch around base to retain moisture and regulate soil temperature. Water regularly during establishment, then moderately once established. Fertilize in spring with a balanced evergreen fertilizer.
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