Plant Features
Blauer Heinz Buxus is a variety of English Box or boxwood that is extremely slow-growing and forms a particularly dense, round shrub, even without pruning. The blue-green foliage of this boxwood has a glaucous, or powdery, coating similar to what you might see on red grapes. It gives the deeply-colored foliage a silvery appearance, especially when in bright light, though the more shade, the bluer and deeper the color of the foliage. Use as a low hedge or as a specimen plant in a rock garden.
Companion Planting: Hemerocallis, Echinacea, Liatris, Shrub Roses
Plant Characteristics
Mature Spread: 1-2 feet
Habit: Mounded
Foliage Color: Green
Features: Evergreen
Garden Styles: Container Garden, Cottage Garden, English Garden, Rock Garden, Roof Garden, Woodland Garden
Plant Used for: Aesthetic Appeal, Borders and Edging, Focal Point, Hedges, Texture, Winter Interest
Critter Resistance: Deer
Plant Needs
Sunlight: 4-6+ hours with some afternoon sun
Soil Moisture: Moist to Dry
Soil Properties: Well-drained
Tolerates: Clay soil, Sandy soil
Fertilizer: When transplanted and then once every Spring
