Patent ID: PP18289

Claim:
A new and distinct variety of Boxwood plant possessing the following characteristics: (a) assumes a dense, columnar, somewhat pyramidal, upright growth habit; (b) lacks typical boxwood foliage fragrance; (c) exhibits an unusually rapid growth cycle following asexual propagation from a cutting; (d) exhibits an exceptionally strong root system; (e) exhibits glossy deep olive green foliage substantially throughout the year in high and low temperatures, and does well in full sun, partial sun, and shade, without any substantial change in coloration during the winter; (f) exhibits excellent all-season hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zone 5; (g) exhibits exceptional tolerance to wind, ice and snow due, at least in part, to the yielding character of its pliable branches; substantially as herein shown and described.