Baby Gem Boxwood

Buxus microphylla var. japonica ‘Gregem’ PP21159

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 2-4′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 2-4′ depending on pruning

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Rounded

Growth Rate: Slow

Flower Color: None

Flower Size: None

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: NA

Foliage Color: Dark Green, Medium Green

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 – 7.5

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts:

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect

Description

Perfect for a clipped low formal hedge or as a pyramid, globe or other topiary shapes, the Baby Gem Boxwood is a cute little gem that fits nicely in smaller garden spaces. Can be maintained at 24 inches tall and wide with pruning or left to grow natural to about 3-4 feet wide and tall. Exceptionally heat and cold tolerant. The evergreen, lustrous, deep green foliage contrasts nicely with the light green new leaves.

Landscape & Garden Uses

With no pruning, the Baby Gem Boxwood grows to about 2 to 4 feet tall and wide. That said, it responds very well to shearing into formal shapes, which are a distinctive note in the landscape, or as a low hedge to 24 inches tall and wide. Also nice in small to large groups or to accentuate an entryway by planting one on either side. Perfect as a pyramid shape that can serve as a small Christmas tree. Also serves as a nice centerpiece in pots, planter and other containers of 12 inches or more in diameter.

Suggested Spacing: 24 inches for solid hedges; 6 feet or more for space between plants

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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Boxwood variety is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy growing it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

The Baby Gem 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. It prefers a well-drained soil and will only need some water during drought or prolonged periods with no rain. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. In our gardens, we’ve found it to have better drought, heat and pest tolerance than many other boxwood.

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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I am very impressed!! Will reorder again!———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Have a great day 🙂 Beth|WBG

The Baby Gem Boxwoods I purchased were healthy, quality products that arrived quickly. I have purchased several shrubs and trees from Wilson Bros Gardens and have never been disappointed. I will definitely continue to do business with them.—————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

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Here are the little bushes I purchased. They are perfect as I recently removed overgrown builder bushes.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the picture and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

We purchased a few of this shrub and they arrived quickly and in good health. They are very nice-looking shrubs. We planted them in the front of our home and they look great. Happy we found Wilson Bros. online. —————————— WBG Reply: Hi Ms McGrath – Thanks so much for your review of the Baby Gem Boxwoods and we hope you enjoy them across the front of your home for many years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Could not find these little box woods at any local nursery. You had what we wanted. We were concerned about buying plants this size for mail order delivery. The plants arrived on time, and wonderfully packed and in nursery quality when unpacked. Plants were healthy and not one was damaged in shipment. They are in the ground and look great. ————————— WBG Reply: Hi Warren – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Baby Gem Boxwoods and for the compliments. Hope you enjoy them for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Received very healthy boxwoods. Pleased with everything. Kudos to Spencer for answering my questions.

Such a pretty little plant. They do look like little baby boxwoods. The ones Wilson Bros. Gardens sent look healthy and green