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Hello there.

I recently bought a tree and am looking for some help not only identifying it but also some advice regarding its health.

From the guide on this site I think it is likely a boxwood tree.

I've had it for about 2 months and in the last 3 weeks or so some of the leaves have began to shrivel up and dry out. I'm quite sure I was watering it enough, I never let the soil get to dry. I am located in Southern Ontario in Canada, so the tree is indoors and gets a decent amount of sunlight near a window facing west.

I've attached 2 pictures.

Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks in advance!

Boxwood is correct, from what I can tell from these pictures. Unfortunately, when they are in this state, there is very little that can safe them, in my experience. One option is that it was transplanted recently, without proper preparation & aftercare (Which is what has killed a few of my boxwood). This could mean someone had it in a growing bed and just dug it up and put it in a pot before selling it to you.

on the other hand... It being a plant, it does not like to be indoors (Very few plants like it indoors. Even typical house-plants such as ficus, orchids etc do not thrive, but rather survive indoors. Boxwood is very unsuitable to keep indoors. If it is not too cold yet I would move it outside, preferably with a 1-2 week stopover in a cold unheated room in the house.

Thanks for the reply!

Its already quite cold here, well below freezing at nights so I'm not sure putting it outside is an option, if it survives until spring I'll put it outside then.

Thanks for the advice, I suppose I'll just continue to give it TLC and hope it makes it.

burry the surface roots !!! and put it outside!!! or it will not make it till spring. we are in for a warm up ( im in western New York near buffalo) if you can burry the pot in the ground do that, if not put it somewere protected from the wind with at least a little sunlight. ill give it a month otherwise

Even typical house-plants such as ficus... do not thrive, but rather survive indoors.

not true...i have proof ... and some are in a window with no supplemental light

Okay, I have an unheated sunroom that I've put it in. Its cold, but protected from wind, I don't have anywhere to bury it outside so I hope that will suffice. Should I continue to water it or leave it alone for the winter?

manofthetrees wrote:
not true...i have proof ... and some are in a window with no supplemental light

So your ficus indoor puts up 3 meters of growth annually? Because that is what may be expected in the tropics of a ficus. Getting 30cm of growth a year like temperate species is surviving for these species, not thriving.

The best I have managed is roughly 1 meter per year, on a south facing office window with the plant sitting in a tub of water. And that was shocking to everyone; Nobody thought ficus could grow like that. Our benjamina in a greenhouse extention to our house grows about 40cm per year. So maybe 1/8 th of what may be expected from the species in the tropics..

brentmarx wrote: Okay, I have an unheated sunroom that I've put it in. Its cold, but protected from wind, I don't have anywhere to bury it outside so I hope that will suffice. Should I continue to water it or leave it alone for the winter?

Keep it moist

LB,
i grow my bonsai by the centemeter not the meter... my natalensis has put out 3 inch long branches in 2 spots over the last week and the tree is 8 inches tall with an inch & 1/2 wide trunk i think thats thriving considering the small ,pot. ,nothing but southern window light,water.fert. and love

brentmarx,
does the sunroom temp go below freezing following the outside temps. if so that is best.
water it less than normal you want to keep the soil on the dryer side till its frozen.when it snows pile some on the soil ...when it warms the tree gets watered. keep it more shaded,maybe under a table,strong sun can warm it up too much during a sunny day

if the temps in the room stay above freezing you will need to monitor the soil.the tree will not be taking up much water if its semi dormant so the soil will stay wet longer