Japanese Boxwood (Buxus microphylla)

Japanese Boxwoods are small evergreens typically found in the rocky hills of Africa, Asia, Central America, and Europe; their size making them ideal for bonsai.  Japanese Boxwoods tolerate both sun and shade quite well and can be grown both outdoors and indoors but excessive direct sunlight can burn their glossy, dark green leaves.  They also have shallow, fibrous root systems that often produce powerful surface roots and nebari.

This tree’s trunk has a gorgeous shape that supports a full, lush canopy of foliage.  It looks like a Bonsai should: a miniature version of an age-old tree.  A beautiful specimen that stands 22 inches tall, this bonsai comes in a traditional Bonsai pot with humidity tray included.  It's a bit difficult to get a sense of the actual size of this Bonsai tree from the picture, but if you look closely you will see that we have placed a pecan on the surface of the gravel as a size reference.

This Bonsai has the classic shape of an age-old tree and, although it grows slowly, and looks great now, it will continue to develop for years to come.

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Japanese Boxwood Care:

Lighting: Tolerate both sun and shade quite well and can be grown both outdoors and indoors but excessive direct sunlight can burn their glossy, dark green leaves.

Temperature: Temperatures much below freezing are not well tolerated so extra protection should be provided in these conditions. Foliage can become yellow or bronzed after frosts during the Winter but green up will occur again during the Spring.

Watering: Do not let a Japanese Boxwood completely dry-out. However, over watering causes yellow leaves, and so does excessive direct sun light.

Feeding: During the growing season, Boxwood needs to be fed about every two weeks.

Pruning and Trimming: Boxwoods regularly need thinning of the foliage mass to allow light into the inner branches to stop them becoming bare and to prompt backbudding. Regular pruning helps to increase ramification and reduce leafsize as well. However, it is also important to allow some free growth to ensure the overall vigour of the bonsai is maintained. Free, unrestricted extension of the first flush of growth can be allowed in Spring (around April/May depending on your climate) to strengthen the tree, followed by strict pinching and pruning for the rest of the year to refine the foliage.