Green Mountain Boxwood - Buxus x

Green Mountain Boxwood is a compact, evergreen shrub with dark, oval-shaped leaves that offers a formal and neat appearance in gardens and landscapes. It is a versatile and highly beneficial evergreen shrub with numerous advantages in landscaping projects. This variety is admired for its compact, upright growth habit and lush, dark foliage.

It is a conifer bush popular with landscapers, topiary artists, and gardeners. It's also known as Buxus microphylla var. japonica or Buxus X. Some gardeners call it the shrub. It's native to Asia and Europe and typically grows between three and five feet tall.

Green Mountain Boxwood Is A Evergreen 

The hedge is an evergreen, meaning the leaves retain color all year. The only exception is in winter if it's exposed to full sunlight. In that instance, the leaves may turn bronze. However, they only stay bronze for a short time. This popular hedge grows to a height of five feet and typically has a width or spread between two and three feet. It's prized for its dense foliage, which makes it easy to prune and shape. Gardeners can expect it to grow an average of three inches per year and reach a height of three feet within the first ten years. It can be identified by the opposite arrangement of its leaves and by its square stems.

Gardeners and landscapers commonly use it as a foundation hedge, living fence, hedge maze, or mass planting for sculpting purposes. It's highly prized for its ability to take on topiary forms.

The Blooms Of The Green Mountain Boxwood

In the spring, it grows clusters of yellow, tan, or gold flowers. The fragrant blossoms attract butterflies, bees, and even hummingbirds. These characteristics make it the perfect outline for flower, knot, and butterfly gardens.

Plants That Do Well Next To It

It does well alongside many other shrubs, bushes, and flowers. Some favorites include lilacs, roses, lavender, tulips, daffodils, Russian sage, petunias and peonies.

Use Your Imagination And Skill To Shape Yours

It is a popular and preferred shrub by many landscapers and gardeners. It can form living fences and hedge mazes and outline flower beds and knot gardens. Skilled horticulturalists can even shape this beautiful shrub into elegant and eye-catching pieces of living art pieces.

How Fast Do They Grow

They are slow to moderately growing, with height increases of 3 to 6 inches per year. When mature, it may grow to be 3-5 feet tall, thus perfect for formal hedges or pruned shapes.

What are the requirements for them to thrive

They are adaptable as long as they get sunlight, but they do well in partial shade; they also do well in well-draining, fertile soil with a pH of slight acidity to neutral. It is a cold-tolerant plant that prefers vented conditions to minimize diseases and pest incidences in the compounds.

When should I water them

Water once weekly during the growing season, more frequently if the conditions experienced are hot or dry. New plants or just transplanted shrubs require slightly more water to establish good root systems but do not allow it to waterlog the soil.

What type of fertilizer should one use on them

Don't apply large amounts of nitrogen, but use a slow-release fertilizer that contains equal portions of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium during the early spring. Do not over-fertilize since this is counterproductive to growth and apply the fertilizer at the recommended rates as indicated in the packs.

How Do I Make Mine Grow Bigger

To achieve bigger expansion, plant Green Mountain boxwoods in soil with better fertility and an area with appropriate exposure to sunlight. The plants require maintenance and, therefore, should be pruned to get rid of weak branches. Regular supply of water as well as shelter from strong winter gusts contributes to good vegetation.

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Height at Maturity

Under 10 Feet

Care

Green Mountain Boxwood thrives in well-drained soil and requires regular watering to moisten the soil. Trim in late winter or spring to keep shape and remove dead or damaged branches. Fertilize in early spring for optimal growth.

Plant Reproduction

Green Mountain Boxwood spreads slowly, forming a compact, dense mound.

Plant bare-root shrubs during the more excellent spring or fall months, from November through April. Dig a hole twice as wide as the root system and slightly more profound than its height. Position the shrub so that the top of the roots is level with the ground, and put back the soil dug over the roots. Apply a 2-3 inch layer of mulch around the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds, ensuring the mulch does not touch the shrub's stem. Water regularly, especially during the first year, to establish strong roots. Prune shrubs as needed to promote healthy growth. In the spring, fertilize with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer suited to the specific needs of the shrub.

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