Korean Boxwood
Buxus sinica var. insularis
Buxaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Korea
Source of plant
Polly Hill Arboretum
Description
An extremely hardy geographical variant of the species. Somewhat loose and open in habit, twice as wide as high at maturity, with foliage that turns yellowish-brown in the winter (DS 9). Lower, denser shrub, reaching 25 cm to 60 cm in height; young twigs and leaf petioles somewhat pubescent; leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, 1 cm to 1.8 cm long, side veins indistinct on both sides, margin markedly curved downward (DS 5).
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
winter interest, hardiness