BoxwoodsBuxus are veryCultivation specialBreeding plants of forests spread around the world. It has gained social, cultural, religious and economic value in many civilizations in history and has maintained this value until today. Boxwood, which was used in many areas in the past due to its versatile feature, is used extensively in the ornamental plantsOrnamental plant sector in the world today. The first use of boxwood as an ornamental plantOrnamental plant was found in Egypt in 4000 BC, while the first descriptions and breedingBreeding process were in the eighteenth century. The first strain used in breedingBreeding was B. sempervirens. Boxwood breedingBreeding was carried out by government agencies, well-established companies or farms following traditional methods. As a result of these studies, many new varietiesVarieties have emerged. However, traditional breedingTraditional breeding and cultivationCultivation techniques have been inadequate due to the current climate changeClimate change effects, diseases and pestsPest threatening boxwoods. Therefore, new techniques and approaches have been adopted to obtain new varietiesVarieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stressesAbiotic stress. While planning new breeding programsBreeding programs, studies are carried out taking into account the developments in agricultural biotechnologyBiotechnology such as molecular markersMolecular markers, functional genomicsFunctional genomics, mutagenesis, tissue cultureTissue culture that can increase breedingBreeding efficiency. In addition, it will be very important to protect and reproduce genetic resourcesGenetic resources and encourage resistanceResistance breedingBreeding against the extinction threat that boxwood has faced in recent years due to the effects of diseases and pestsPest. Finally, studies on the development of varietiesVarieties resistant to current threats, protection and reproduction of threatened boxwood speciesSpecies should be increased.