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Evergreen Bonsai Care
Broadleaf species that keep functional foliage through much or all of the year and often respond poorly to deciduous-style hard seasonal assumptions.
Updated May 26, 2026. Written by Entgrove Editorial.
Species in this group
These pages share a care pattern, not an identical calendar.
English boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
Japanese boxwood
Buxus microphylla
Korean boxwood
Buxus sinica var. insularis
English holly
Ilex aquifolium
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata
Yaupon holly
Ilex vomitoria
Olive
Olea europaea
Common myrtle
Myrtus communis
Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster microphyllus, Cotoneaster horizontalis
Pyracantha
Pyracantha angustifolia, Pyracantha coccinea
Camellia
Camellia japonica, Camellia sasanqua
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
Invasive in much of the eastern and southern United States; keep bonsai material contained and prevent fruit or root spread where it can escape.
Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
California privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Escallonia
Escallonia spp.
Loropetalum
Loropetalum chinense
Bay laurel
Laurus nobilis
Mastic tree
Pistacia lentiscus
Strawberry tree
Arbutus unedo
Phillyrea
Phillyrea angustifolia, Phillyrea latifolia
Tea tree / manuka
Leptospermum scoparium
Pieris
Pieris japonica
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
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