Oregon Boxwood, Mountain Lover               paks-ISS-ti-ma mur-ti-FO-lee-a

• Evergreen shrub, 8-36 inches (20-90 cm) tall, sometimes higher, prostrate, spreading.  Twigs 4-angled (squarish in cross-section).  Leaves opposite, simple, broadly ovate to elliptic or obovate, 1-3 cm long, finely serrate to entire, leathery, light green.  Flowers small, red-brown.  Fruit white, 8 mm long.
• Sun (more compact) to part shade, well-drained, light, slightly acid soil.  Easy to keep low by pruning.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Native to the mountains from British Columbia to California.