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Buxus North Star® Boxwood

Buxus North Star® Boxwood

Variety: 'Katerberg'

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    Zone

    5 - 9

  • Icon of a horizontal ruler in a grey circle

    Mature Height

    30 in

  • Icon of a vertical ruler in a grey circle

    Mature Width

    30 in

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    Light

    Full Sun, Part Shade
  • Icon of a water drop in a grey circle

    Water

    Moist, well-drained
  • Icon of a seedling in dirt in a grey circle

    Soil

    Normal, loamy
  • Description / Buxus North Star® Boxwood

    A Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs variety, North Star was bred in Michigan and is ready to tackle the toughest winters. The shrub is nicely shaped, vigorous, and very adaptable. It blooms in early spring; however, the flowers are insignificant. If you live in a cold-winter climate and have watched boxwoods suffer in severe temperatures, North Star® is the evergreen shrub your landscape has been waiting for.

    Many boxwoods turn brown or lose their luster during winter, but not North Star. Its dense foliage remains glossy and dark green year-round, and the plant itself remains nicely rounded, as if you'd just pruned it. In fact, pruning is never necessary unless you wish to trim the shrub into a specific shape—it always looks formal and symmetrical.

    North Star has a very well-branched, compact, mounded, globe-like habit that makes a fine low hedge, accent planting, or front line for the shrub border. The shrub also makes an excellent "thriller" in a container garden.

    Easy to grow, it thrives in sun or shade and prefers moist, well-draining soil but is quite adaptable to varying soil types. It is drought-tolerant, deer and disease resistant, and cold hardier than most other boxwoods.

    North Star was bred by Gary Katerburg and has proven a dependable, vigorous performer in gardens throughout its hardiness range.

  • Product Details

    SKU: 32097
    Genus: Buxus
    Species: sempervirens
    Variety: 'Katerberg'
    Item Form: 1-Quart
    Foliage Color: Dark Green
    Habit: Compact
    Light Requirements: Full SunPart Shade
    Moisture Requirements:
    • Moist, well-drained
    Uses:
    • Border
    • Containers
    • Foliage Interest
    • Hedge
    • Beds
    • Fall Color
    • Specimen
    Special Features:
    • Easy Care Plants
    • Evergreen
    • Fall Color
    Hardiness Zones: 5 - 9
    State Shipping Restrictions: GU, HI, PA, PR, TN, VI

    *Does Not Qualify for Additional Discounts