Buxus 'Green Velvet' or Green Velvet Boxwood is a hybrid
boxwood cultivar. Its parent species are ''
B. sempervirens'' ×
''B. microphylla'' var. ''koreana''. It is a broad, compact shrub that grows to tall and wide. The leaves are evergreen, glossy and borne oppositely. It has small pale green flowers.
If not pruned this shrub will develop a natural rounded shape. Buxus Green Velvet is a hybrid between Buxus sempervirens and buxus microphylla var. Koreana.
Care
Green Velvet Boxwoods require partial to full sun in order to survive. Water the plant at least once weekly, more in severe heat. The soil needs to be moist but not wet. The plant should be watered daily if kept in a container.
Buxus Green Velvet can survive in temperatures ranging from -10 degrees Fahrenheit to 0 degrees Fahrenheit
See also
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Boxwood blight
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Box tree moth
''Cydalima perspectalis'' or the box tree moth is a species of moth of the family Crambidae, first described by Francis Walker, the English entomologist, in 1859. Native to Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, far-east Russia and India, it has invaded E ...
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Gothic boxwood miniature
References
Green Velvet
Ornamental plant cultivars
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