Buxus microphylla



Botanical Name: Buxus microphylla
Common Name: little-leaf box, Japanese box
Family Name: Buxaceae
Distribution/Origin: Asia

Leaf: Simple, Green, Leathery, Glabrous, Obovate/Rounded/Attenuate/Entire
Bud: Opposite
Inflorescence: Not showy, Yellow, White, Flowers clustered

Fruit/Seed: Capsule, Brown, Green
Stem/Bark: Grey, Brown, Olive, Lightly fissured, Multi-stem trunk

Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m/Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m
Habit: Stiffly-upright, Dense
Form: Mounding, Round

Soil: Alkaline, Well-drained
Moisture: Moderate
Sun: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Partial sun
Exposure: Partial shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade

Landscape uses: Floristry, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Rock garden, Sheared hedge, Topiary

Notes: Broadleaf evergreen

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