Scientific Name: Buxus microphylla
Common Name: Asian boxwood, Korean boxwood
Family Name: Buxaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Hedge row, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Obovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers clustered, White, Yellow, Green-yellow, Mar-Apr
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, obovate, apex rounded or notched, bright green, 1-2.5mm long x 1-1.5cm wide (generally more rounded than <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Buxus+sempervirens%22+leaves' target='_blank'>common boxwood</a>).