Green Tower Boxwood
Buxus Microphylla ‘Green Tower’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub
Height at Maturity: 6-8′
Width at Maturity: 18-24″
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Columnar
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, inconspicuous
Flower Size: Tiny
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: Single
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Somewhat Dry
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts:
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect
Description
An evergreen shrub with a distinct columnar form that will be an exclamation point in your landscape, the Green Tower Boxwood is one that has grown a little faster than other cultivars in our garden, adding about 15 or so inches to its height each year. If left to grow naturally without pruning it might reach 8 to 9 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide at maturity, however can be kept shorter, narrower and tighter with an annual or occasional trimming. Its lustrous dark green leaves and density make Green Tower an excellent selection for a narrow evergreen hedge or screen where space is limited. Also nice for various topiary shapes such as tight columns, narrow pyramids and spiral.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 8 to 9 feet tall and about 2 feet wide in a dense, the Green Tower Boxwood is ideal for use as a single specimen, where it stands out like an exclamation point in your landscape, or in rows as a solid hedge or screen to divide garden spaces or block an unwanted view. It works very well as an accent to fill those narrow spaces or frame corners and entryways in home foundation plantings. Also useful as a centerpiece in pots, planters and other container that are 16 inches or more in diameter. A fine addition to formal and topiary gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches for solid hedges; 3 feet or more for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Green Tower Boxwood is easy to grow and adapts to most soil types, preferring a moist but well drained soil of average fertility. As with so many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. It prefers mostly sun but will tolerate some shade. In our gardens, we’ve found it to have exceptional drought, heat, disease and pest resistance.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Boxwood shrubs.
How To Plant A Boxwood Shrub
How To Fertilize And Water A Boxwood Shrub
How To Prune A Boxwood Shrub
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