Mont Bruno Boxwood – Buxus sempervirens ‘Mont Bruno

An indoor or outdoor plant for the miniature garden. Discovered in Quebec, this dwarf boxwood’s tiny, dark green leaves retain their color through winter temperatures. Small leaves perch just right on a tiny trunk that lifts it off the ground to make a “real” miniature garden tree. Hardier than the species.

The photos show the spring growth, that will turn back to the regular green color as it matures. Winter color is a dark green with an orange blush.

• Growth: Less than 3” to 6” per year
• Cold zones 4-8, or hardy to -30F
• Heat zones 8-6
• Full sun to part shade

• Boxwoods can be grown INDOORS with LOTS of indirect bright light and regular water. (Add light with a grow-bulb.)

• Globe shaped with cute trunk
• Regular water
• Don’t let it dry out between watering
• Fertilize after 2 years if planted in a container
  

Versatile:

• Slow-growing, dark green form of the common boxwood
• Can be used in a variety of scales and many forms of miniature gardening
• Prune at any time, snip the stem just above a set of leaves to hide the cut
• Shear it into a fun topiary shape (trim no more than 1/3 of at a time)
• Prune it to keep its 'tree' look by taking off some of the lower leaves to show more trunk