Common Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ) - Selecting Shrubs for Your Home

University of Illinois Extension - Selecting Shrubs for Your Home
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Common Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens

4 pictures total.

Common Boxwood, hybrid 'Green Gem'

Size:

Small

Medium

Large

Exposure/ Light Requirements:

Full Shade

Full Sun

Partial Sun/Shade

Pests and Problems:

Environmental Damage

Fungal Disease

Wood Rots and Decays (Many genus and species involved)

Insect Damage

Boxwood Leafminer (Monarthropalpus flavus)

Insect Relative Damage

Twospotted Spidermite [Ornamentals] (Tetranychus urticae)

Canker, leaf blight, leaf spot, mites, scale, leaf miners, mealy bugs and webworms are possible problems.

Success in growing boxwood in zone 5 depends on careful selection of winter hardy cultivars; winter injury and sun scald are common injuries seen on this evergreen shrub.

Hardiness Zone:	5 - 8
Mature Height:	15-20 Feet
Mature Width:	15-20 Feet
Features:	Evergreen leaves
Culture:	Full sun to partial shade; mulch to keep root system cool and moist; does well in alkaline soils; the evergreen foliage needs to be protected from drying winds in winter.
Cultivars:	'Suffruiticosa' - Compact, slow growing, 3-4 feet tall Hybrids between Buxus microphylla var. koreana and Buxus sempervirens: 'Glencoe' (Chicagoland Green®)- Maintains good color in winter, 2-3 feet tall. 'Green Gem' - Maintains good color in winter, mounded habit; 2 feet tall. 'Green Mountain' -Foliage turns bronze in winter, habit is more upright than other hybrids. 'Green Mound' - Mounded habit, 3 feet tall. 'Green Velvet' - Rounded habit, 4 feet tall.
Mature Form:	Rounded to broad rounded; evergreen.
Native To:	Southern Europe, Asia and Africa
Soil Conditions:	Dry Moist, Well-Drained Wet
Tolerance:	Alkaline Soil Dry Sites Salt Soil Compaction Wet Sites Wind
Uses:	Barrier Border Foundation Hedge Massing Naturalizing Screen Specimen
Foliage Color:	Green
Fall Foliage Color:	Green
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