Juniper bonsai are fascinating. Because they tolerate cold, these evergreens can be cultivated outside year-round. They're poor indoor bonsai trees. Instead, choose this for outdoor living.
Flexible maples make great bonsai trees with stunning fall color. Most maple trees become red, orange, or gold in the fall, while others have spectacular spring growth.
Beautiful deciduous bald cypress trees make great bonsai trees. Keeping the pot in a shallow water dish can keep your cypress moist, especially in summer.
All boxwood species are beautiful evergreens that make great topiaries and hedges. The most popular bonsai tree is Chinese boxwood.
Bougainvillea is another easy bonsai. Its brilliant branch terminal bracts are sometimes confused for flowers. These modified papery leaves have tiny blooms.
Large Chinese elms make beautiful bonsais. It has small leaves and delicate ramification. This tree can endure cold in most climates, but it needs shelter from extreme cold.
Oak bonsai are sturdy. Most are deciduous and cold-hardy like full-sized trees, but bonsai need frost protection. This bonsai will endure a lifetime and more because oaks live hundreds of years.