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Plant Varieties Suitable for Bonsai

Bonsai Plant Varieties

Plant varieties suitable for Bonsai
Common Family GroupOrderFamily NameGenusScientific NameCommon NamesVarienty
FirsPinalesPinaceaeAbiesAbies albaSilver Fir
FirsPinalesPinaceaeAbiesAbies koreanaKorean Fir
FirsPinalesPinaceaeAbiesAbies lasiocarpaAlpine Fir
FirsPinalesPinaceaeAbiesAbies lasiocarpaCorkbark firarizonica
MapleSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer buergerianumTrident Maple
MapleSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer campestreField Maple, Hedge Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer circinatumVine Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer ginnalaAmur Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer monspessulanumMontpelier Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer palmatumJapanese Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer pseudoplatanusSycamore Maple
MaplesSapindalesSalicaceaeAcerAcer rubrumRed Maple
Desert RoseGentianalesApocynaceaeAdeniumAdenium obesumDesert Rose
Horse ChestnutSapindalesSapindaceaeAesculusAesculus HippocastanumHorse Chestnut
AldersFagalesBetulaceaeAlnusAlnus japonicaJapanese Alder
AmelanchierRosalesRosaceaeAmelanchierAmelanchier canadensisAmelanchier
AmpelopsisVitalesVitaceaeAmpelopsisAmpelopsis brevipedunculataAmpelopsis
ApialesAraliaceaeAraliaAraliaSpikenard
Strawberry TreeEricalesEricaceaeArbutusArbutusStrawberry Tree
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronAzalea indicaAzalea indica
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronAzalea macranthaAzalea macrantha
BanksiaProtealesProteaceaeBanksiaBanksiaBanksia
BarberrysRanunculalesBerberidaceaeBerberisÿBerberisÿdarwiniiDarwins Barberry
BarberrysRanunculalesBerberidaceaeBerberisÿBerberis thunbergiiJapanese barberry,Thunberg's barberry, or Red barberry
BirchFagalesBetulaceaeBetulaÿBetulaBirches Additional Species Information Distinguishing Between Silver And Downy Birch
BirchFagalesBetulaceaeBetulaÿBetula nigraRiver Birch
BougainvilleaÿCaryophyllalesNyctaginaceaeBougainvilleaBougainvillea spectabilisBougainvillea
BoxBuxalesBuxaceaeBuxusBuxus harlandiiBoxwood
BoxBuxalesBuxaceaeBuxusBuxus microphyllaBox
BeautiberryLamialesLamiaceaeCallicarpaCallicarpa japonicaJapanese Beautiberry
CamelliaEricalesTheaceaeCamelliaCamellia japonicaCamellia
CamelliaEricalesTheaceaeCamelliaCamellia sinensisCamellia
Fukien TeaAsteridsBoraginaceaeCarmonaCarmona microphyllaFukien Tea
Fukien TeaAsteridsBoraginaceaeCarmonaCarmona retusaFukien Tea
HornbeamsFagalesBetulaceaeCarpinusCarpinus betulusÿHornbeams
HornbeamsFagalesBetulaceaeCarpinusCarpinus japonicaJapanese Hornbeam
HornbeamsFagalesBetulaceaeCarpinusCarpinus turczaninowiiKorean Hornbeam
SheoaksFagalesCasuarinaceaeCasuarinaCasuarina cristataSheoak
SheoaksFagalesCasuarinaceaeCasuarinaCasuarina cunninghamianaRiver Sheoak
SheoaksFagalesCasuarinaceaeCasuarinaCasuarina equisetifoliaSheoaks, ironwood, bull-oak or buloke, beefwood,or cassowary tree
SheoaksFagalesCasuarinaceaeCasuarinaCasuarina glaucaGrey Sheoak, Longleaf Ironwood
CedarPinalesPinaceaeCedusCedus atlanticaAtlas Cedar
CedarPinalesPinaceaeCedusCedus brevifolliaCyprus Cedar
CedarPinalesPinaceaeCedusCedus deodaraDeodar Cedar
CedarPinalesPinaceaeCedusCedus libaniLebanon Cedar, Blue Atlas Cedar
Oriental BittersweetCelastralesCelastraceaeCelatrusCelatrus orbicilatusOriental Bittersweet
HackberryRosalesCannabaceaeCeltisCeltis SinensisChinese Hackberry
Judas TreeFabalesFabaceaeCercisCercis SiliquastrumJudas Tree
QuinceRosalesRosaceaeChaenomelesChaenomeles japonicaChojubai Dwarf Japanese Flowering Quince"Chojubai"
QuinceRosalesRosaceaeChaenomelesChaenomeles speciosaJapanese Flowering Quince"Toyo Nishiki"
False CypressPinalesCupressaceaeChamaecyparisÿChamaecyparis japonicaJapanese Cedar, Sugi
False CypressPinalesCupressaceaeChamaecyparisÿChamaecyparis obtusaFalse Cypress, Hinoki Cypress
False CypressPinalesCupressaceaeChamaecyparisÿChamaecyparis pisiferaSawara Cypress
Wild GrapeVitalesVitaceaeCissusCissus antarticaAustralian grape vine, Wild Grape, Kangaroo Vine
CitrusSapindalesRutaceaeCitrusCitrus aurantifoliaKey Lime
CitrusSapindalesRutaceaeCitrusCitrus japonicaKumquat
DogwoodCornalesCornaceaeCornusCornus officinalisDogwoods, Japanese cornel or Japanese cornelian cherry or Cornelian cherries
CorokiaAsteralesArgophyllaceaeCorokiaCorokia cotoneasterCorokia
HazelSaxifragalesHamamelidaceaeCorylopsisCorylopsis SpeciesWinterhazels
HazelFagalesBetulaceaeCorylusCorylus SpeciesHazels
Smoke TreeSapindalesAnacardiaceaeCotinusCotinus CoggygriaSmoke Tree
CotoneasterRosalesRosaceaeCotoneasterCotoneaster frigidusCotoneaster
JadeSaxifragalesCrassulaceaeCrassulaCrassula ovataJade
HawthornRosalesRosaceaeCrataegusCrataegusHawthornsSugi
CedarPinalesCupressaceaeCryptomeriaCryptomeria japonicaJapanese Cedar
CupressusPinalesCupressaceaeCupressusCupressus macrocarpaCupressus
Common QuinceRosalesRosaceaeCydoniaCydonia oblongaCommon Quince
DaphneMalvalesThymelaeaceaeDaphneDaphne odoraDaphne
Shrubby CinquefoilRosalesRosaceaeDasiphoraDasiphora fruticosaShrubby Cinquefoil
DeutziaCornalesHydrangeaceaeDeutziaDeutziaDeutzia
ElaeagnusRosalesElaeagnaceaeElaeagnusElaeagnusElaeagnus
EleagnusRosalesElaeagnaceaeEleagnusEleagnus angustifoliasilverberry or oleaster
EleagnusRosalesElaeagnaceaeEleagnusEleagnus pungenssilverberryÿorÿoleaster
EnkianthusEricalesEricaceaeEnkianthusEnkianthusEnkianthus
EnklanthusEricalesEricaceaeEnkianthusEnkianthus perulatusEnkianthusdodan-tsutsuji
Bush cherryMyrtalesMyrtaceaeEugeniaEugeniaBush Cherry
Brazillian cherryMyrtalesMyrtaceaeEugeniaEugenia unifloraBrazilian Cherry, Surinam Cherry, Pitanga, Cayenne cherry, Cerisier Carre
Spindle TreeCelastralesCelastraceaeEuonymusEuonymusSpindle Trees
PoinsettiaMalpighialesEuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaEuphorbia PulcherrimaPoinsettia
WolfsmilkMalpighialesEuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaÿEuphorbia balsamiferaWolfsmilk
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus crenataJapanese Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus englerianaChinese Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus hayataeTaiwan Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus japonicaJapanese Blue Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus longipeiolataSouth Chinese Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus orientalisOriental Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus sylvaticaEuropean Beech
BeechFagalesFagaceaeFagusFagus tauricaCrimean Beech
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus benghalensisIndian Bayan Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus benjaminaWeeping Fig, Benjamin Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus caricaCommon Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus macrophyllaMoreton Bay Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus microcarpaChinese Banyan Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus neriifoliaWillow Leafed Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus retusaTiger Bark Fig
FigsRosalesMoraceaeFicusFicus rubiginosaPort Jackson Fig
ForsythiaLamialesOleaceaeForsythiaForsythia japonicaForsythia
AshLamialesOleaceaeFraxinusFraxinusAsh
FuchsiaMyrtalesOnagraceaeFuchsiaFuchsia fulgensFuchsia
GardeniaGentianalesRubiaceaeGardeniaGardenia jasminoidesGardenia
GardeniaGentianalesRubiaceaeGardeniaGardenia thunbergiaGardenia
GingkoGinkgoalesGinkgoaceaeGingkoGinkgo bilobaGinkgo
Honey LocusFabalesFabaceaeGledistaGledista TricanthosHoney Locust
Silky oakProtealesProteaceaeGravilleaGrevillea robustaSilky oak
IvyApialesAraliaceaeHederaHedera helixIvy
HibiscusMalvalesMalvaceaeHibiscusHibiscus syriacusHibiscus
HollyAquifolialesAquifolialesIlexÿIlex serrataJapanese Fine Tooth Holly
JacarandaLamialesBignoniaceaeJacarandaJacaranda mimosifoliaBlue Jacaranda
JasmineLamialesOleaceaeJasminiumJasminum nudiflorumWinter Jasmine
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus CaliforniaCalifornia Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisChinese Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisShimpakuItoigawa
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisShimpakuKishu
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisShimpakuTohoku
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisBlaauwBlaauw
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisChinese JuniperAurea
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisChinese JuniperGlobosa
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisChinese Junipertsukusiensis Masummune
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisChinese JuniperProcumbens
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisHolloywood JuniperKaizuka
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisSargents JuniperSargentii- Sargent's Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus chinensisShimpakuGlobosa Cinerea
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus communisCommon Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus communisCommon JuniperHornibrookii
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus communisCommon JuniperRepanda
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus ProcumbensDwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus rigidaTemple Juniper, Needle JuniperTosho needle juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus sabinaSavin, Sabina JuniperTosho needle juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus squamataBlue Juniper
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus squamataBlue JuniperMeyeri
JunipersPinalesCupressaceaeJuniperusJuniperus virginianaEastern Juniper
MyrtleMyrtalesLythraceaeLagerstroemiaLagerstroemiaÿIndicaCrepe Myrtle
LantanaLamialesVerbenaceaeLantanaLantana camaraSpanish Flag, West Indian Lantana, Jamaica Mountain Sage, Surinam Tea Plant
LarchPinalesPinaceaeLarixLarixTamarack
LarchPinalesPinaceaeLarixLarix deciduaEuropean Larch
LarchPinalesPinaceaeLarixLarix kaempferiJapanese Larch
LarchPinalesPinaceaeLarixLarix laricinaAmerican Larch
PrivetLamialesOleaceaeLigustrumLigustrumPrivet
LiquidambarSaxifragalesAltingiaceaeLiquidambarLiquidambar StyracifluaAmerican sweetgum
HoneysuckleDipsacalesCaprifoliaceaeLoniceraLoniceraShrubby Honeysuckles
Osage OrangeRosalesMoraceaeMacluraMaclura pomiferaOsage Orange
MagnoliaMagnolialesMagnoliaceaeMagnoliaMagnolia StellataStar Magnolia
Barbados CherryMalpighialesMagnoliaceaeMalpighiaMalpighia coccigeraBarbados Cherry
ApplesRosalesRosaceaeMalusMalus sieboldiToringo Crabapple
ApplesRosalesRosaceaeMalusMalus transitoriaCut Leaf Crab apple
MangiferaSapindalesAnacardiaceaeMangiferaMangiferaMangifera
Tea treeMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMelaleucaMelaleuca aspalathoidesPaperbark
Tea treeMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMelaleucaMelaleuca concinnaÿMyrtle
PaperbarkMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMelaleucaMelaleuca linariifoliaNarrowleaved paperbark
PaperbarkMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMelaleucaMelaleuca micromeraWattle Honey-Myrtle
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeSequoioideaeMetasequoia glyptostroboidesDawn Redwood
Mock orangeÿSapindalesRutaceaeMurrayaMurraya paniculataOrange Jasmin, Satinwood
MyrtleMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMyrtusMyrtus communisMyrtle
Brazilian grape treeMyrtalesMyrtaceaeMytusMytus jaboticabaJabuticaba, jabotica, Brazillian Grape Tree
Sacred BambooRanunculalesBerberidaceaeNandinaNandina DomesticaHeavenly Bamboo
Bahama berryLamialesVerbenaceaeNashiaNashia inaguensisBahama berry
SaltwoodCaryophyllalesNyctaginaceaeNeeaNeea buxifoliaSaltwood
BeechFagalesNothofagaceaeNothofagusNothofagusSouthern Beeches
OliveLamialesOleaceaeOleaOlea EuropeaOlive
IvyVitalesVitaceaeParthenocissusParthenocissus tricuspidataBoston Ivy/Virginia Creepers
IronwoodMyrtalesLythraceaePemphisPemphis AcidulaIronwood
BambooPoalesPoaceaePhyllostachysPhyllostachysBamboo
SprucePinalesPinaceaePiceaPicea glauca conicaWhite Spruce
SprucePinalesPinaceaePiceaPicea pungens ?glauca?Colorado Blue Spruce, Blue Spruce
SprucePinalesPinaceaePiceaPices jezoensisYezo spruce, Ezo matsu
Japanese AndromedaEricalesEricaceaePierisPieris japonicaJapanese Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub, Japanese pieris, Andromeda, Pearl Bush.
PierisEricalesEricaceaePierisPieris japonicaPieris
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus clausaSand Pine
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus densifloraJapanese Red Pine
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus mugoMountain Pine, Swiss Mountain Pine,
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus parifloraJapanese White PineGoyo Matsu
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus ponderosaWestern Yellow Pine, Blackjack Pine, Ponderosa Pine
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus radiataMonterey Pine
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus sylvestrisScots Pine
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus thunbergiiJapanese Black Pine, Kuro matsu
PinesPinalesPinaceaePinusPinus virginianaVirginia Pine
PittosporumApialesPittosporaceaePittosporumPittosporum tobiraJapanese Mock Orange
BanksiaMyrtalesMyrtaceaePliniaPlinia caulifloraBanksia
PodocarpusPinalesPodocarpaceaePodocarpusPodocarpus MacrophyllusPodocarpus
Ming AraliaApialesAraliaceaePolysciasPolyscias fruiticosaMing Aralia
Dwarf JadeCaryophyllalesDidiereaceaePortulacariaPortulacaria afraDwarf Jade
PotentillaRosalesRosaceaePotentillaPotentilla FruiticosaPotentilla/Cinquefoil
Flowering ApricotRosalesRosaceaePrunusPrunus mumeFlowering Apricot
Japanese Flowering CherryRosalesRosaceaePrunusPrunus serrulataJapanese Flowering Cherry
Pseudocydonia sinensisChinese Quince
Pseudolarix amabilisGolden Larch, Chinese Larch, False Larch
BambooPoalesPoaceaePseudosasaPseudosasaBamboo
PomegranateMyrtalesLythraceaePunicaPunica granatumPomigranate
FirethornRosalesRosaceaePyracanthaPyracantha angustifolianarrowleaf firethorn, slender firethorn, woolly firethorn
FirethornRosalesRosaceaePyracanthaPyracantha crenulataNepalese firethorn, Himalyan firethorn,
OakFagalesFabaceaeQuercusQuercus RoburEnglish Oak
Indian HawthornRosalesRosaceaeRhaphiolepisRhaphiolepis indicaIndian Hawthorn
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron decumbensAzalea
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron hangnoenseAzalea
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron indicumAzalea, Satsuki Azalea, Southern Indica Hybrid Azalea, Macrantha Pink Indica Azalea.
AzeleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron indicumAzalea
AzaleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron lateritiumAzalea
AzeleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron luteum.Azalea
AzeleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron obtusumAzaleaamoenum
AzeleaEricalesEricaceaeRhododendronRhododendron simsiiAzalea
Black LocustFabalesFabaceaeRobinaRobina pseudoacaciaBlack Locus
False AcaciaFabalesFabaceaeRobiniaRobinia PseudoacaciaFalse Acacia/Black Locust
Chinese Sweet PlumRosalesRhamnaceaeSageretiaSageretia theezansSageretia, Mock Buckthorn, Sweet-plum or Chinese sweet plum
PlumsRosalesRosaceaeSageretiaSageretia TheezansÿWillow
WillowsMalpighialesSalicaceaeSalixSalix arcticaArtic Willow
WillowsMalpighialesSalicaceaeSalixSalix babylonicaDwarf Weeping Willow
WillowsMalpighialesSalicaceaeSalixSalix herbaceaDwarf Willow
BambooPoalesPoaceaeSasaSasaBamboo
Umbrella TreeApialesAraliaceaeScheffleraSchefflera ActinphyllaUmbrella Tree
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeSequoioideaeSequoia sempervirensCoast Redwood
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeSequoioideaeSequoiadendron giganteumGiant Redwood, Wellingtonia, California Redwood
Tree of a Thousand StarsGentianalesRubiaceaeSerissaSerrisa japonicaTree Of A Thousand Stars
AshRosalesRosaceaeSorbusSorbusMountain Ash, whitebeam, rowan, service tree
SpiraeaRosalesRosaceaeSpiraeaSpiraeaSpiraea
LilacLamialesOleaceaeSyringaSyringaLilacs
Lilly PillyMyrtalesMyrtaceaeSyzygiumSyzygium australeBush cherry Woolgoolga
Lilly PillyMyrtalesMyrtaceaeSyzygiumSyzygium luehmanniiRiberry
Lilly PillyMyrtalesMyrtaceaeSyzygiunSyzygiun smithiBush cherry
TamariskCaryophyllalesTamaricaceaeTamarixTamarix JuniperinaTamarisk
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeTaxodioideaeTaxodioideae cryptomeriaSugiCypress
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeTaxodioideaeTaxodioideae gyptostrobusChinese Swamp cypress
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeTaxodioideaeTaxodium asendensPond Cypress
CypressPinalesCupressaceaeTaxodioideaeTaxodium distichumSwamp Cypress, Bald cypress, Deciduous Cypress
YewPinalesTaxaceaeTaxusTaxus CuspidataJapanese Yew
Thuja occidentalisEaster white cedar
ThymeLamialesLamiaceaeThymusÿThymusÿSpeciesThyme
LindenMalvalesMalvaceaeTiliaTilia japonicabasswood[1]ÿandÿlinden
HemlockPinalesPinaceaeTsugaTsuga canadensisEastern Hemlock
HemlockPinalesPinaceaeTsugaTsuga diversifoliaNorthern Japanese Hemlock
HemlockPinalesPinaceaeTsugaTsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock
HemlockPinalesPinaceaeTsugaTsuga sieboldiSouthern Japanese Hemlock
ElmsRosalesUlmaceaeUlmusUlmus alataWinged Elm
ElmsRosalesUlmaceaeUlmusUlmus americanaAmerican Elm
ElmsRosalesUlmaceaeUlmusUlmus crassifoliaCedar Elm
ElmsRosalesUlmaceaeUlmusUlmus minorField Elm
ElmsRosalesUlmaceaeUlmusUlmus parvifoliaChinese Elm,
GrapesVitalesVitaceaeVitisVitis viniferaGrapes
Lilly PillyMyrtalesMyrtaceaeWaterhouseaWaterhousea floribundaWeeping Lilly Pilly
WeigelaDipsacalesCaprifoliaceaeWeigelaWeigela FloridaWeigela
WisteriaFabalesFabaceaeWisteriaWisteria floribundaJapanese Wisteria'Nana"
WisteriaFabalesFabaceaeWisteriaWisteria sinensisChinese Wisteria
Chinese PepperSapindalesRutaceaeZanthoxylumZanthoxylumChinese Pepper
ElmRosalesUlmaceaeZelkovaZelkova serrataJapanese Elm, Keyaki