Wintergreen Boxwood

Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Wintergreen’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3-5′

Width at Maturity: 3-5′

Spacing: 3.5′ for solid hedge; 8’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Rounded

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

Flower Color: White, inconspicuous but fragrant!

Flower Size: Tiny

Flowering Period: Spring

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Dark 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

One of the hardiest boxwoods for both northern and southern climates, the Wintergreen Boxwood (Korean Boxwood) is a handsome evergreen shrub that responds very well to shearing, which makes it a designers choice for foundation plantings, as formal hedges, or to accentuate an entryway. It can be pruned or sheared into interesting geometrical shapes such as a globe, dome, square, cylinder or pyramid. Spring flowers are insignificant though are quite fragrant.

Landscape & Garden Uses

With no pruning the Wintergreen Boxwood will grow naturally in a dense, rounded form to maybe 5 feet or so in height and equally as wide. With occasional pruning or shearing it can be maintained at 2 to 4 feet in height for tight hedges or formal shapes. Whether pruned or not, Wintergreen Boxwood is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings, or in staggered or straight rows as hedges in home foundation plantings and landscape borders. Also a very nice solo or centerpiece in container gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3.5 feet apart for solid hedge; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4a, where this Boxwood variety is not reliably 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

The Wintergreen Boxwood is exceptionally easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. It adapts to most soil types, preferring a moist but well drained soil. As with so many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. It prefers mostly sun but will tolerate some light shade. In our gardens, we’ve found Wintergreen 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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The box I received the plants in was somewhat damaged during shipping, however due to the great packaging of them, they were in perfect condition. Planted and are looking awesome!———————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I’ve been wanting to put in a few boxwood for the past couple of years, to augment our existing evergreen plants (you winter folks know how bleak it can get). Every boxwood carried by our local nursery require partial shade, and the location for these gets pretty much full sun all year. I was thrilled to find these Wintergreen boxwood at Wilson Bros, and ordered 4 1-gallon plants. They arrived quickly, were packaged as amazingly as usual, and were exceptionally healthy looking. Had to wait a week to plant to get over a cold front with nighttime freezing, and just got them in the ground yesterday. They look great, and I may be ordering more when they are back in stock.——————————-The photos are awesome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG