(1) Because the wood is hard and brittle and the branches are thin and easy to be injured, the shape should be mainly trimmed, and the branches with large displacement should be put in place many times. Avoid winding branches with rusty iron wire, which will hurt the skin or cause dead branches. ② The trunk of bonsai grows slowly, but the branchlets grow fast, so the density of leaves is bound to lengthen and appear soft, which can be controlled by pinching. Before the branches are lignified, one or two pairs of young leaves are left, and the rest are picked or cut off. Under proper water and fertilizer conditions, 10 ~ 15 days will produce two buds. In this way, its branches will gradually become short and thick, and its leaves can be multiplied by the product of 2, thus continuously improving the ornamental value. ③ timely bud removal. Buds begin to appear before summer and autumn and bloom in spring. The nutrients needed by flowers and fruits account for 70% ~ 80% of the whole tree, which affects the normal growth. When we see buds, we should remove them from the beginning.

Buxus discolor