Dwarf Variegated Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens ‘Nana Variegata’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub
Height at Maturity: 2-5′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 2-3′ depending on pruning
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Rounded, Upright
Growth Rate: Slow
Flower Color: NA
Flower Size: NA
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: NA
Fragrant Flowers: NA
Foliage Color: Dark Green & Creamy White
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 – 6.5
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect
Description
An eye catching dwarf evergreen shrub that will light up your landscape or container gardens, the Dwarf Variegated Boxwood sports outstanding variegated leaves of white, yellow, medium green and dark green. This cute little boxwood provides excellent contrast and/or a splash of color just about anywhere in the landscape that gets 3 hours or more of direct sun, maintaining its bright color even in more shady areas. No pruning necessary however can be sheared to formal shapes.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a rounded form 18 to 36 inches tall and wide (depending on pruning), the Dwarf Variegated Boxwood is a bright accent in smaller garden spaces and perfect for use in pots, planters and other containers 12 inches or more in diameter. Also ideal for use as a colorful natural or clipped formal low hedge or as a specimen or grouping in landscape borders or home foundation plantings.
Spacing: 18-24 inches apart for solid hedge; 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6a, 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 Variegated Dwarf Boxwood is easy to grow when planted right, and in the right spot. It adapts to most soil types and likes full sun or part shade, preferring afternoon shade or filtered sun in warmer climates of the South. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil and will only need supplemental water during prolonged periods of dry weather. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic.
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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