| Scientific Name: | Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Winter Gem' |
| Common Name: | Korean littleleaf boxwood, winter gem boxwood |
| Family Name: | Buxaceae |
| Origin: | Garden 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, Open, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, 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, Green-yellow, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Slow growing dense, compact, mounded boxwood that usually kept <80cm tall and broad; leaves opposite, most blades obovate, 1-2.5cm long x 4-8mm wide; apex rounded or notched, bright green. | |