Boxwood Bonsai
By Ruth Morgan
Boxwood bonsai are not the most popular bonsai trees but have excellent potential. There is an abundance of foliage due to the short distance between leaves and it is easy to encourage the development of buds.
Boxwood Bonsai Tree
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Boxwoods are ideally suited for bonsai. There are many different varieties that are natural dwarfs. These varieties have very small oblong leaves and slow growth habits.
Boxwood have something of a poor image as bonsai, mainly due to the proliferation of poorly designed trees being styled with pom-pom foliage.
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BOXWOOD. I was 16 when I got into bonsai. I bought a small Boxwood from a nursery in town that was on sale. It was marked as a bonsai even though it looked like it had been thrown in a corner for a year or two waiting to be sold.
Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) - small oval, waxy green leaves, easy to prune and root from cuttings. Needs bright, indirect light, no hot sun, high humidity.
BOXWOOD (Buxus)
Boxwood is a category of evergreen shrubs with approximately 70 different species. Typically found in the rocky hills of Africa, Asia, Central America, and Europe, the Boxwood is small, making them ideal for bonsai.
BOXWOOD: Buxus species
ELM: Chinese, Ulmus parvifolia (many small-leaved cultivars)
FIRETHORN: Pyracantha species
GINKGO: Ginkgo biloba
HAWTHORN: English, Crataegus laevigata; Washington, Crataegus phaenopyrum ...
The most popular types of bonsai trees for beginners are the boxwood trees. These small evergreen shrubs are perfect for beginners as they don't require as much pruning and watering.
Compare the growth rates of the Trident maple with that of the Boxwood.
There are many varieties of plants that do well as an indoor bonsai such as ficus, aralia, azalea norfolk pine, serissa, gardenia, or boxwood. Note that these are all woody-stemmed plants and can have their limbs wired to direct the growth.
The white pieces are made of boxwood. The black piece is ebony.
Boxes are commonly used for hedges and topiary, and the dense wood. Boxwood is often used for chess pieces.
In here are about 300 cuttings of azalea, elm, false cypress, boxwood and Japanese maple (a few different species). In a decent summer most of the cuttings will root in 3-4 weeks.
Hosts: Citrus, Severinia buxifolia (Orange Boxwood ), Schefflera, Azalea, Lantana, Bougainvillea
Management: Remove fallen leaves, hand-pick leaves with mines; Chemical: Orthene systemic
Recommended Books ...
Taxus, Juniper, Arborvitae, Japanese Holly, Blue Boy/Girl Holly, Boxwood, Cypress, Forsythia, Rose of Sharon, Sandcherry, Weigela, Red Twig Dogwood, Variegated Euonymus, Cotoneaster, Privet, and Viburnum.
Hawaiian Umbrella, Ficus,
Baby Jade, Brazilian
Raintree, Kingsville
Boxwood, and more.
The centerpiece of the monastery's bonsai collection is a Kingsville boxwood (photo at left), one of the original eight trees of this strain developed during the 1930's.
Some plants that propagate easily from cuttings are olive, willow, cotoneaster, firethorn, azalea, and boxwood. Plants can also be propagated by layering and grafting, but these methods are not recommended for the beginner.
A cool basement is the ideal place to grow boxwood, crape myrtle, Cotoneaster, Chamaecyparis, Serissa, and citrus, while the warmer bedroom is the best place for Ficus, Schefflera, Wrightia religiosa, and buttonwood.
 See also: Bonsai, Plant, Tree, Japanese, Growing
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