Variegated Boxwood Cone Topiary (Buxus Sempervirens ‘Variegata’) – 5 Gallon Pot

The Variegated Boxwood Cone is a dense and slow-growing form of common boxwood that is prized for its brightly variegated foliage and pyramidal form. The oval, bright green, evergreen leaves have white margins that turn cream and finally light yellow during the summer. It typically matures to 5 feet tall over many years (grows 3” per year), unless clipped shorter. Requires only 1 to 2 shearings per year to maintain a tight, pyramidal to cone form, which is excellent as a specimen or to accentuate entryways in the ground or in pots. A wonderful color and texture contrast just about anywhere in the landscape that gets 3 hours or more of direct sun, maintaining its bright color even in partially shaded areas.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6a, where this Boxwood variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

The Variegated 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, preferring afternoon shade or filtered sun in warmer climates of the South. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil and will only need supplemental water during prolonged periods of dry weather. As with many other plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic, so make sure the planting site is a well-drained one.