Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Borderline' ~ Borderline Japanese Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Borderline' ~ Borderline Japanese BoxwoodBorderline Japanese Boxwood is a large slow growing evergreen shrub with a mounding habit and dense, finely textured variegated foliage. The foliage emerges a deep green with intense gold margins that lighten to cream before becoming fully green, and will turn reddish in winter if in full sun or stay green if in shade. Insignificant cream flowers bloom in spring. Grows best in partial shade and moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. A carefree

Borderline Japanese Boxwood is a large slow-growing evergreen shrub with a mounding habit and dense, finely textured variegated foliage.  The foliage emerges a deep green with intense gold margins that lighten to cream before becoming fully green, and will turn reddish in winter if in full sun or stay green if in shade.  Insignificant cream flowers bloom in spring.  Grows best in partial shade and moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  A carefree plant that is drought tolerant once established and good resistance to boxwood blight.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance.  Some susceptibility to blight and leaf spots. Root rot can be a problem in poorly drained soils.  Shows good resistance to leaf miner, psyllids and mites.

LANDSCAPE USES:   Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Lilac, Coneflower, Maiden Grass

IMAGES:  NC State Extension Gardener, Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Borderline'

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