Jewel Box Distylium – 2 Gallon Pot

Every once in a while, maybe once in a decade, a new plant comes along that has everything we look for in a hardy and reliable evergreen flowering shrub. Very adaptable, Distyliums, also known as Evergreen Witch Hazel, grow well in sun or part shade and will tolerate dry or wet soils when established, which can’t be said about many shrubs. Heat and humidity don’t phase the plants. We’ve seen no problems with insects and disease and deer turn their nose up to it. In landscape design, Distyliums are a great alternative for boxwood, laurels, holly and juniper in sunny to partially shaded home foundation plantings, landscape borders, and as a soil stabilizer on embankments and slopes.

‘Jewel Box’ is a compact Distylium with a rounded form and fine texture. Arching stems are loaded with soft, blue-green leaves. A very nice alternative to boxwood, inkberry, or small-leaved holly. A perfect plant for home foundation plantings. A member of the witch hazel family, it produces petite red flowers that appear in late winter.  No other plant we’ve seen looks like Jewel Box Distyilium so it’s sure to be a standout in your landscape! 

Growing in a rounded form that reaches 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, Jewel Box Distylium is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings, or as a staggered or straight row hedge planting in home foundation plantings and landscape borders. It is also very useful in mass plantings to dress up embankments, hillsides and slopes and where its roots do an excellent job stabilizing soil for erosion control.