Green Velvet Boxwood Hedge Spacing
Tough hardy and easy to grow this boxwood provides color year round as well as form texture and contrast to its companion plants.
Green velvet boxwood hedge spacing. The dense foliage forms a natural round shape when left untrimmed. To plant a hedge of green velvet boxwood bushes space the individual shrubs with their centers between 2 and 3 feet apart. Water regularly weekly or more often in extreme heat or containers. It grows slowly and makes a nice hedge or specimen plant. Create a magnificent formal or informal garden with evergreen boxwood. The hardiness and compact growth habit of korean boxwood has the luxuriant deep green color of english boxwood. Green mountain buxus hybrid green mountain.
Green velvet buxus hybrid green velvet this plant has a rounded form if not pruned. Develops a vigorous rounded form if not pruned. If using the larger growing varieties that have taller mature heights space the plants 18 to 30 inches apart as recommended by the purdue cooperative extension. Green velvet boxwood is a bright green round evergreen shrub with tiny leaves. Green velvet thrives in even the coldest zone 5 winters of chicago without losing its velvety green foliage color even through the most difficult winters. Tiny flowers appear in mid spring with a nice fragrance that attracts bees. 3 to 4 feet tall and wide.
This hybrid variety has the tough genes of the korean boxwood to help it survive cold winters without damage and always looks fresh and a rich green color in every season of the year. The foliage retains its excellent dark green color throughout the winter. But performs equally as well in northern climates as well. Bred specifically for extra hardiness in ontario canada. Foliage retains its rich green color throughout winter. Green velvet boxwood live plant. Green velvet boxwood is an extremely hardy hybrid boxwood variety that is especially well suited for use in the southeastern us due to its increased tolerance of warmer climates higher humidity.
If the intention is to grow a small and formal hedge plant the boxwoods 6 to 8 inches apart. Buxus green velvet boxwood is a compact broad mounded evergreen shrub with a lush foliage of opposite glossy dark green leaves. Green mountain boxwood is a naturally deer resistant evergreen shrub that makes for an excellent year round hedge boxwood hedge upright and naturally conical habit makes it popular both among topiary fans and those merely wanting a uniquely shaped border in their outdoor space. Green velvet boxwood is the perfect boxwood choice for round specimens or hedges all across the country but especially in colder areas where traditional english boxwood is damaged in winter.