Leiophyllum buxifolium – Sand Myrtle, sometimes called Box Sandmyrtle, is a hard-to-find and very worthy small-leaved ericaceous evergreen, the only species in this monotypic genus. Small white one-inch flowers arranged in cymes abound in May/June at branch tips from pink buds. The young stems are noticeably red. The little dark green semi-glossy leaves turn dark wine-red when the weather cools. And though a shrub variable in size ours have never grown more than 14 inches high. Site Sand Myrtle in moist but draining acid soil amended with organic matter and sand planted in full sun to part shade. It is a handsome and neatly growing shrub that will settle in happily with heaths and heathers. We're not certain of the southern USDA cut off but Michael Dirr states that it is content in "high elevations of the Southeast". Spring planting is advised in the northern end of the range. Nab 'em when you can as these are very slow from cuttings and as young barely-rooted plantlets more susceptible to rot - we may only ever have a few. Cutting grown.