Japanese boxwood is a hardy dense bushy round fast growing evergreen shrub with small bright green glossy leaves; ideal in warmer climates as it tolerates heat better than other varieties. This boxwood is useful in shrub borders foundation plantings and for edging and hedges; it can also be used as specimen or accent in the landscape. Japanese boxwood thrives in a wide range of soils and conditions is deer resistant and drought tolerant once established. Water plants often the first year; once established water one time per week. Part sun plants tolerate 3 to 6 hours of morning sun per day.

Japanese boxwood is a hardy dense bushy round fast growing evergreen shrub with small bright green glossy leaves; ideal in warmer climates as it tolerates heat better than other varieties. This boxwood is useful in shrub borders foundation plantings and for edging and hedges; it can also be used as specimen or accent in the landscape. Japanese boxwood thrives in a wide range of soils and conditions is deer resistant and drought tolerant once established. Water plants often the first year; once established water one time per week. Part sun plants tolerate 3 to 6 hours of morning sun per day.