Korean Littleleaf Boxwood                BUK-sus mi-kro-FIL-a

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, upright, to about 2 ft (0.6 m) tall, greater width, somewhat open; young branches slightly pubescent.  Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to oblong, 1-2 cm long, margin inrolled, entire, medium green, truning brown in winter.
• Sun to part shade.  Very winter hardy.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4
• The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening (Huxley, 1992), lists three botanical varieties of Buxus microphylla, namely var. insularis, var. koreana (Korean Littleleaf Boxwood) and var. sinica.  Others use a different classification, and cultivars that previously were placed under Buxus microphylla var. koreana are now sometimes listed under Buxus sinica var. insularis; e.g., ‘Winter Gem ’.
• microphylla: small-leaved.