Your Guide to Bonsai Care

Aesculus hippocastanum, part of the Lychee family the horse-chestnut was introduced to the British Isles in the 17th Century.

Ribes sanguineum, Flowering Red Currant, is a native of Northern America where it is commonly known as Blood Currant. It grows to 10 meters.

Ribes rubrum, a native of Europe, or Red Currants, are confused with red currants, which are actually dried grapes.

Quercus suber The Cork Bark Oak, so-called because its Bark is thick and corky and was commonly used in the making of corks for wine...

Quercus robur The European Oak is Native to temperate Europe and temperate Western Asia. A long-lived species, with many specimens in...

The Cinquefoil, Potentilla fruticosa, is widely grown in the temperate regions from Europe to Japan, where it is cultivated for its colour.

Plumeria obtusa is Native to tropical and sub-tropical Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela.

Native to South-Eastern China and Southern Japan the Buddhist Pine grows in open forest thickets upto 1000 meters

Pinus thunbergii Japanese Black Pines habitat is frost-free, warm, temperate, humid, coastal hills and mountains at low elevation, 50 to...

Native to China, Korean and Japan, its primary habitat is at altitudes between 1000 and 1500 meters in montane ecosystems.

An evergreen tree it grows to 10 meters tall, has creamy-white to yellow flowers followed by its stony fruits the olives.

The Japanese Privet or Waxy-leaf Privet is native to China, Korea and Japan and is an evergreen shrub that grows to 5 meters tall.

The Crab Apple or Wild Apple (Malus Silvestri) is a deciduous tree, growing to about 10 meters, native to most of Europe.

Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) is fast-growing, semi-deciduous species that forms a graceful upright rounded canopy with dark green leaves.

The Firethorn is a semi-deciduous shrub, growing to about 4 meters. Native to most of Europe, it is infrequent in the wild.

The Oriental Bittersweet is a strong growing deciduous vine native to China, Korea and Japan. It is a woody vine whose stems are slender.

The Ficus microcarpa (syn. Ficus retusa) or Chinese Banyan is perhaps one of the biggest exports of Chinese bonsai after the Chinese Elm.