Japanese varieties of littleleaf box offer the attractions of Japanese boxwoods without the English box odor. One taller variety, suitable for taller hedges, is “Wintergreen” (Buxus sinica var japonica “Wintergreen”), which grows in USDA zones 5 through 8.Click to see full answer. Besides, do boxwoods smell?Yes, boxwoods do have a scent; it’s caused when the sun heats the oil in their leaves. I particularly love the smell — it reminds me of happy hours spent in wonderful European gardens, surrounded by brilliant flowers, the hum of bees and the redolence of boxwood.Beside above, do Green Mountain boxwoods smell? A: English boxwood, Buxus sempervirens, is well-known to smell like a cat litter box. Asian boxwood, Buxus microphylla, doesn’t have the catty odor. Unfortunately, the Asian species does not grow very fast. To remedy that, breeders have introduced English/Asian crosses like ‘Green Mountain’ and ‘Green Velvet’. Keeping this in view, do boxwoods smell like urine? You see, the one thing that most boxwood advocates fail to disclose is that boxwoods, at certain times of the year, smell like cat urine. Unneutered male cat piss to be exact. Avoid the Buxus sempervirens cultivars because they are have the strongest “acrid” odor. Seek out the species Buxus microphylla.Why do boxwood bushes smell?Some people are reporting that their boxwood has a bad odor. More specifically, people complain about boxwood bushes that smell like cat urine. The English boxwood seems to be the main culprit. To be fair, the odor has also been described as resinous, and a resinous scent certainly isn’t a bad thing.

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