Bodinier's Boxwood                BUK-sus bo-din-i-ER-i (bo-din-ee-E-ree)

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, to about 12-15 ft (~4-5 m) tall, many thin, upright flexible stems.  Leaves opposite, simple, blade usually a spatulate shape, may be narrowly ovate or obovate, 2-4 cm long and 0.8-1.8 cm wide, thinly leathery, widest near apex, which is rounded or obtuse, usually with retuse tip, base narrowly wedge-shaped (cuneate), upper side green and shining, midrib elevated.  Flowers (both male and female) in small axillary clusters in spring.  Fruit (capsule) globose, 5 mm long.
• Sun to part shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 7?       Native to China.  Found in forests in hilly areas, mountain slopes; 400-2700 m elevation, south, central and eastern China, a well as northern Africa and western Asia.