Gray Dogwood vs Korean Boxwood - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Korean Boxwood

Buxus microphylla Koreana

Cornus racemosa

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Gray Dogwood

Korean Boxwood is a vibrant evergreen shrub. A top choice for colder climates, this shrub will look stunning lining a driveway or as a foundation plant.

Easy to root in and maintain, Korean Boxwood's thick foliage is deer resistant and turns an attractive yellow-brown to purplish in winter. Consider applying mulch around the base to keep the roots moist and cool.

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

Korean Boxwood Quick Facts

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Foliage: evergreen
Fall colour: yellow-brown to purple
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC