Justin Brouwers Dwarf Boxwood

Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Justin Brouwers’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-8a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 18-24″ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 18-24″ depending on pruning

Spacing: 12-18″ for hedges, 30″+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Bushy, Rounded

Growth Rate: Slow, Moderate – 3 inches a year

Flower Color: NA

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: NA

Foliage Color: Deep Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun, Morning Sun w/Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Afternoon Sun w/Morning Shade

Water Needs: Average, lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt (amended)

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well-Drained

Soil pH: 6.5 – 7.5 (Slightly Acid to Moderately Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low, Medium if for clipped formal hedge

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances / Tolerances: Deer – more info, Drought(when established), Insect, Rabbit, Shearing

Description

The ‘Justin Brouwers’ Dwarf Boxwood is a slow to moderate growing evergreen shrub with a compact mounded form if left to grow naturally. With pruning it can be kept in a globe shape. Its exceptional sun tolerance and small deep-green leaves makes it a great substitute for the popular English Boxwood, which is known to suffer from too much sun.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing in a rounded form to 18 to 24″ tall and wide (depending on pruning), the ‘Justin Brouwers’ Dwarf Boxwood is the perfect choice for use as a low formal hedge or border edger in the landscape, or for planting under low windows or to line paths and walkways in home foundation plantings. Excellent for use in pots, planters and other containers with a diameter of 12 inches or more. A fine addition to Asian or English gardens and formal gardens. Excellent for bonsai.

Suggested Spacing: 12-18″ for hedges, 30″+ for space between plants

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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a where this plant is not winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

‘Justin Brouwers’ Dwarf Boxwood is easy to grow when planted right, and in the right spot. It adapts to most soil types and likes full sun or part shade. It prefers a well-drained soil and will only need some water during drought or prolonged periods with no rain. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic.

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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I ordered 6 of these, then was told they had run out and would be happy to refund me or I could choose something else. But before I could decide, they wrote to me and told me they would have more soon. I’m very happy with the plants that arrived. They were in great condition. This variety has smaller leaves than most other boxwoods, and are a darker green. I bought these 6 to replace some big box store green velvet boxwoods that didn’t last the year. I would definitely order from this company again.——————————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG