genus Buxus Flat - tery , selected by Michael Yanny of JN Plant Selections , is “ shaping up ” to be a sought after box due to its unique , prostrate habit , Zone 4 hardiness and extended jejune growth period which means a dark-green winter colour and few fruit pod .
Grower and propagation partner Mark Richey of Richey Nursery Company say , " When account Buxus Flat - tery to customers , we say just think of a Chamaecyparis Mops ; it has the same frame , which is totally different than any other box on the market . "
This newfangled favorite will invoke to designer depend for compact , bow down broadleaf evergreens for landscapes and container gardens . It ’s equally at home as a medium - height ground cover as it is performing in container combos . Its name capably identify its shape : across-the-board than it is tall . With its small , fine - textured calendered green farewell and a low - grow habit , designers can get the looking of cotoneasters without their associated problem . Excellent for adding grain to shade garden when paired with hosta , fern , carex , and other shade staples . The habitBuxus Flat - tery originated from a seedling of ‘ Green Velvet ’ that was planted in 1989 . It was one of 100 plants that were screened from a harvest of about 1000 seedlings for superscript hardiness in Wisconsin condition . Breeder Mike Yanny noticed that the low growing shape of this particular plant was similar to the popular Picea abies ‘ Nidiformis , ’ Nest Spruce . “ I was not familiar with any fearless boxwoods with this form of class in Department of Commerce , ” he says , so he moved ahead with multiplication . He says that , to this twenty-four hour period , “ the original works , from 1989 semen , has very few efflorescence bud on it and still retains its rich , bright unripe juvenile foliage . ”
The colorIn comparison to other boxwoods , Buxus Flat - tery stay put in its jejune stage longer than most , resulting in few fruit pods and a lasting dark-green winter color . consumer will sleep together the colorfast nature . Nobody enjoys a dark-brown Turkish boxwood . Anthony Hoke from Silver Falls Nursery ( one of the main propagating nurseries ) says , “ We ’ve been raise Buxus Flat - tery in trial bed and four in pots in the nursery and we ’re very aroused to offer it commercially . ”
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For more information : Silver Falls Nursery503 - 874 - 6525[email protected]www.silverfallsnursery.com
Richey Nursery Company800 - 798 - 4079[email protected]www.shrubliners.com
