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Buxus - General Literature
li: Batorf, L. R. 1987. International registration list of cultivated Buxus
li: L. Boxwood Bull. 26: 76-81.

li: Dudley, T.R. and G.K. Eisenbeiss. 1971. Registration and documentation
li: of cultivar names. Boxwood Bull. 11: 12-14.

li: Wagenknecht, B.L. 1965. Registration list of cultivar names in
li: in Buxus. Amer. Boxwood Soc.

Buxus bodinieri

Buxus bodinieri 'David's Gold' (5/01)
ns: listed name with the RHS

Buxus CHICAGOLAND GREEN™ 'Glencoe'
ht: 3-4 ft. tall x 5 ft. (15 years)
ha: compact spreading-globose to mounded, other literature says oval.
gr: reportedly faster finishing to gallon than 'Green Velvet'
ht: 2-3 ft.
ch: to -32 deg. F. with no dieback
or: Chicago Bot. Garden, Glencoe IL USA 1994
tm: registered tm name with royalties applying
wholesale source: Spring Meadow Nursery

Buxus 'Clembrook'
reg: Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF)

Buxus 'Coolie Gardens'
lc: non-burning foliage in Lansing MI
or: Dan Crow of Coolie Gardens
"so: Arrowhead Alpines, PO Box 857, Fowlerville, MI 48836. (cat. $2.00)",

Buxus 'Glencoe' = B. 'Chicagoland Green'

Buxus 'Green Gem' (Buxus sempervirens x Buxus microphylla var. koreana)
ha: slow and dense globose form
pat: US #3736
reg: Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF)

Buxus 'Green Ice'
ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide
ha: globose, compact
lc: blue-green new growth becomes a good glossy dark green, non-bronzing
lc: in winter for a truly evergreen look.
ch: 5
pat: US#10773
reg: Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF)
so: Carroll Gardens

Buxus 'Green Mound' (Buxus sempervirens x Buxus microphylla var. koreana)
ha: vigorous but dense mound

'Green Mountain' - click image
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia. Spring 2003.

Buxus 'Green Mountain' (Buxus sempervirens x Buxus microphylla var. koreana)
ha: densely pyramidal to globose
ht: 3-4 ft. and generally taller than wide
lc: dark glossy green. Rather blue-green in spring colors.
ch: 4
or: Sheridan Nurseries of Canada
so: Spring Meadow Nur. 1-800-633-8859 (wholesale only)

Buxus 'Green Velvet' (Buxus sempervirens x Buxus microphylla var. koreana)
ha: vigorous and densely globose
ht: 2-3 ft. and often slightly wider than than tall
lc: dark glossy green
or: Sheridan Nurseries (Canada) as B. microphylla var. koreana x B. sempervirens
reg: Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation (COPF)
ch: 4
so: source (Wayside Gardens)
so: Spring Meadow Nur. 1-800-633-8859 (wholesale only)

Buxus harlandii - click image
JC Raulston Arboretum. November 2003. The bright and notched blades of this very different species.

Buxus harlandii

Buxus harlandii 'Richard'
la: distinctly and deeply emarginate
rai: can replace species as leaves are more interesting overall

Buxus microphylla 'Asiastic Winter Gem' = 'Winter Gem'

'Compacta' ('Kingsville Dwarf') - click to enlarge
Totten Center, North Carolina Botanical Garden. Winter 2002.

'Compacta' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus microphylla 'Compacta' ('Kingsville Dwarf')
ht: 1 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide in 47 years
ha: dense, compact, true dwarf
ll: 0.5-.075 in. - much smaller
ns: the name 'Kingsville Dwarf' traces to its promotion by Henry Hohman's Kingsville Nursery.
lu: true dwarf for the landscape. Also popular as a bonsai.

Buxus microphylla 'Curly Locks'
ht: 3 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
ha: dense, mound, wider than tall
lc: yellow-green, a very bright shade compared to many of the other cultivars in this species - thus nice contrast.
ls: branchlets and some leaves nicely twisted
or: thought to be a sport of 'Compacta'
so: Forest Farm

Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner'
ht: 2-3 ft.
ha: dense, globose
ch: 6
wholesale source: Spring Meadow Nursery

'Grace Henricks Phillips' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus microphylla 'Grace Henricks Phillips' (5/01)
ht: 1.0-1.5 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide in 20 years
ha: true dwarf, forming an irregular mound much wider than tall
lc: dark green
or: sport of the old 'Compacta'
lu: bonsai or dwarf specimen - probably too slow for edging
so: Rare Find Nursery

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Green Beauty'
ha: compact
lc: darker glossy green
afc: non-bronzing in winter
ch: more cold hardy to -10 deg. F.
eval: Dirr says 'Winter Gem' is more hardy yet.

'Green Pillow' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus microphylla 'Green Pillow'
ht: 1 ft. tall x 1.5 ft. wide
ha: dwarf, flat mound (pillow-shaped)

Buxus microphylla 'Hanlim'
afc: green all winter
ch: more cold hardy
in: c. 1990

Buxus microphylla 'Helen Whiting'
li: Baldwin, J. 1976. Boxwood Bull. 15(3): 41-42

Buxus microphylla 'Henry Hohman'
or: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA USA

Buxus microphylla 'Jim's Spreader'
ha: open and mounded
gr: internodes 0.6-0.75 in.
lc: medium green and glossy
ls: obovate
lb: cuneate
la: obtuse and slightly retuse
ll: 0.75-1.20 in.
lw: 0.3-0.6 in.
in: Garrison's Nursery, Seabreeze NJ USA?
or: release by Saunder's Orchard & Nursery of Piney River VA
li: Larson, P.D. 1989. Eleven new boxwoods at the ABS Memorial Garden.
li: Boxwood Bull. Oct. 1989: 26-29.
in: Garrison's Nursery, Seabreeze NJ USA?

'John Baldwin' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus microphylla 'John Baldwin' (5/01)
ht: 4 ft. tall in 20 years
ha: upright, twiggy, somewhat open with age
lc: medium green with blue tinge
ls: obovate
ll 0.5 in. long - smaller for fine textured effect
or: open pollinated seedling from Colonial Williamsburg VA USA
so: Rare Find Nursery
li: Larson, P. 1988. Boxwood Bull. 28(2): 27

Buxus microphylla 'Liberty'
lc: medium green
gr: internodes 0.5-0.75 in.
ls: rotund to obovate
la: obtuse and slightly retuse
lb: cuneate
ll: 0.75-1.2 in.
lw: 0.4-0.6 in.
or: Saunder's Orchard & Nursery of Piney River VA
li: Larson, P.D. 1989. Eleven new boxwoods at the ABS Memorial Garden.
li: Boxwood Bull. Oct. 1989: 26-29.

'Miss Jones' - click image
JC Raulston Arboretum. November 2003. Note the finer texture, brighter color than 'Sunnyside' to the left.

'Morris Midget' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus microphylla 'Morris Midget'
ht: 24 in. tall x 36 in. wide in many yeards
a: slow, mounded, dwarf
lc: yellowish-green, not dark at all

Buxus microphylla 'National'
ht: 15 ft. tall x 15 ft. wide
ha: upright, vigorous
lc: glossier green
ls: oval
ll: 1.0 in. long - larger than some
afc: bronzes in winter

var. japonica 'Sunnyside' - click image
JC Raulston Arboretum. November 2003. Note the tiny 'Tide Hill' to it's lower left.

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Sunnyside' ('Sunnyside Largeleaf')
ha: vigorous, broadly globose, usually requring good pruning to develop a specific form.
lc: dark green all year by some reports, others say it bronzes but only slightly.
ll: larger than var. japonica as typical
ch: very cold hardy
or: Sunnyside Nurseries, Troy IL USA

Buxus microphylla 'True Spreader' (5/01)
ht: 2 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide
ha: cushion shaped becoming a neat dome or mound with age. The branches
ha: are thick and strong, bearing under snow loads unlike some older clones.
lc: green all year long, non-bronzing
ch: 5
so: Carroll Gardens

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Winter Gem'
ht: 2 ft.
lc: dark green
ch: cold hardy

Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen'
ht: 3-5 ft. tall x 3-5 ft. wide
ha: dense, compact, not dwarf
lc: dark green, even in winter, not bronzing
ch: very cold hardy in Midwest USA
id: Dirr reports it is polyclonal and one may get something different each time.
or: Scarff Nuesery, New Carlisle OH USSA
lu: a good, proven hedge for colder states
so: Forest Farm

Buxus NORTH STAR™ 'Katerburg' (11/3)
ht: 3-4 ft. tall x 3-4 ft. wide
ha: globose, dense
lc: dark glossy green all year, never bronzing
ch: very cold hardy
or: Gary Katerburg, Evergreen Nursery
so, in: Pottedliners.com (online catalog Fall 2003)

Buxus NORTHERN CHARM™ 'Wilson'
ha: compact, ovoid to globose, "delicate" foliage
lc: semi-glossy green, tinged blue
afc: slight bronze tints
ch: cold hardy in Midwest US
in: Chicagoland Grows 2001
or: Wilson Nurseries, Hampshire IL USA

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Arnold Promise'
in: Miami Nursery, Tipp City, OH USA

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Dansville'
in: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison WI USA c. 1986

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Filigree'
in: Langley Boxwood Nur., Hampshire, England 1991

'Justin Brouwers' - click to enlarge
Boxwood Collection, US National Arboretum. May 2003.

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Justin Brouwers'
ha: dense and compact
ht: 3-4 ft. after several years
lc: glossy dark green
ch: 6
so: source (Roslyn Nursery)
li: Larson, J. 1989. Boxwood Bull. 29(1): 3

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Freja' (5/01)
ns: listed in Europe for future production.

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Tjalfe' (5/01)
ns: listed in Europe for future production.

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Pincushion' ('Cushion')
ht: 24 in. tall x 36 in. wide
ha: dwarf, low mound, new growth sticking out like pins on a cushion (not always seen)
ll: 0.40 in. long - very small
afc: bronzes in winter
ch: 4 - much more cold hardy
or: Sheridan Nur., Ontario, Canada c. 1966
li: Batorf, L. 1993. Boxwood Bull. 33(1): 11

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Tall Boy'
ha: upright to globose, sometimes loose and open
lc: medium green
afc: bronzes in winter
li: Wagenknecht, B. 1967. Boxwood Bull. 7(1): 1

'Tide Hill' (lower left) - click image
JC Raulston Arboretum. November 2003. 'Tide Hill' (lower left) compared to 'Sunnyside' (center).

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Tide Hill'
ht: 15 in. tall x 3-5 ft. wide
ha: low, spreading, flat-topped with age
afc: non-bronzing in winter
ls: lanceolate, narrower
lc: light green
ch: 4 - much more cold hardy
or: Western NY USA c. 1932
li: Wyman, D. 1957. Arnoldia 17(1): 64

Buxus sinica var. insularis 'Winter Beauty'
ht: 3 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
ha: compact, mounded to globose
lc: dark green all year - non-bronzing
or: Sheridan Nursery, Ontario, Canada c. 1966
ch: 4
so: Arrowhead Alpines, PO Box 857, Fowlerville, MI 48836. (cat. $2.00)
li: Wagenknecht, B 1967. Boxwood Bull. 7(1): 1

Buxus 'Verdant Hills'
ht: 3 ft. tall x 6 ft. wide
gr: slow
lc: remains green in winter
or: Univ. of Vermont from B. sinica var. insularis x B. sempervirens
or: 'Suffruticosa'
so: wholesale source (Western Maine Nurseries)