Compare to species of Metapanax. Joe

I think it's a boxwood, Buxus.

can you take a closer photo? from afar it kind of resembles a japanese maple but that doesn't seem right. Also where are you located so we can eliminate higher zone plants.

Thank you very much for the info. I am a gardening newbie so I appreciate any and all info/advice. ==>>> YW .... teaching newbs.. is why i hang around ... i want to enable everyone.. lol ... i used to say.. gardening is my exercise and therapy ... and buying plants is cheaper than paying a psyche dr.. lol ... i also used to dig holes at night.. working off the stress of the day ... and then hit nurseries to fill the holes with weekend planting ..... digging holes is therapeutic.. lol ... and you get to play in the dirt ... enabling your inner child .... what embo said ... unless you recently bought it ... odds are.. you dont have a version of the newest stuff .... and unless you bought the house from a hardcore gardener .... with a supreme garden.. you probably also dont have a high end plant ... but so what ... ken