Russian Boxwood – Buxus ‘Russian’
Family Buxaceae Box and Boxwood
Boxwood was imported into North America from Europe in 1650 and remains a popular ornamental.
Boxwood has been a popular ornamental and hedge plant in North America since the earliest Colonial times. Boxwood is a versatile landscape plant due to its variability; prostrate, globe-shaped, weeping, pyramidal and upright columnar are all available to fit nearly any need. Low-maintenance and easily grown from cuttings , boxwood appears in many of the most famous gardens of both the old and new worlds.
There are about 30 species of boxwood found throughout the world. The two species and their cultivars most often planted as ornamentals are Buxus sempervirens, or American Boxwood, and Buxus microphylla, commonly called Japanese or little-leaved boxwood.
American Boxwood is a wide-spreading shrub or small tree known for its very dense evergreen foliage and cold-hardiness. The most common varieties grow to 5 to 10 feet, although older strains can grow to 20 feet.
Family Rosaceae
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