This variable shrub is upright to prostrate with multiple woody stems that form a bushy habit. It has a leathery glossy green toothed oval leaves and the small reddish-brown saucer-shaped flowers appear singularly during early spring.

Hardiness zones 6 to 10

Paxistima myrsinitesis naturally found in North America from British Columbia to California, Colorado and extending to New Mexico.

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in well drained fertile moist soils that are tending alkaline and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Oregon Boxwood is grown for its foliage and spreading habit. It is planted in small gardens as a low border or as a ground cover and is used in rockeries as a specimen. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in 3 to 4 years and is long lived. It is also planted in large tubs or planter boxes tolerating a semi-shaded position.ID 3068

Paxistima (pak-SIS-tee-mah) myrsinites (MER-sin-EYE-tees)

Celastraceae (KEL-ah-STRAY-see-ee)