Boxwood ‘Green Velvet’

Description from Wayside Gardens

Buxus ‘Green Velvet’

Velvety green foliage retains its color in even the most severe winters.

Buxus ‘Green Velvet’ is a hardy Boxwood developed in Ontario, Canada. This hybrid combines the hardiness and compact growth habit of Korean Boxwood with the luxuriant, deep green leaf color of English Boxwood. Best of all, ‘Green Velvet’ retains its deep, velvety green foliage color clear through the most difficult winters!

Its lovely, full-bodied habit, which is very low, rounded, and dense, shears and shapes beautifully to any desired form — from topiary to an excellent, crisp low hedge. Zones 5-9.

• Genus     Buxus
• Variety     ‘Green Velvet’
• Zone     5 – 9
• Habit     Compact
• Plant Height     12 in – 24 in
• Plant Width     24 in
• Additional Characteristics     Easy Care Plants, Evergreen
• Foliage Color     Dark Green
• Light Requirements     Full Sun
• Moisture Requirements     Moist,  well-drained
• Soil Tolerance     Normal,  loamy
• Uses     Border, Containers, Foliage Interest, Hedge, Ornamental
• Restrictions     Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands