Boxwood are evergreen shrubs which have a naturally multi-stemmed growth habit that lends them to being styled like large spreading park tree and it is with this style that they look their best when grown as bonsai.

Boxwood has many characteristics that make them popular as a bonsai. It has Small, dark green leaves, with naturally short internodes. Hard wood trunk that grows on shallow, fibrous root system that is capable of producing powerful surface roots. They produce greenish-yellow flowers that attracts bees and other pollinators.

Boxwoods are very robust and can grow in any soil, in full sun or shade. They can take constant and hard pruning very well and can bud prolifically even from old wood. These characteristics makes Box wood especially popular with beginners, while experience artists also have great respect for this species as a bonsai