| 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 common boxwood). | |