The most popular maple bonsai variety after the Japanese Maple. This variety is the ideal candidate as a bonsai specimen with its beautiful refined three lobe leaves. It is a medium growth rate maple with bright green leaves in the summer changing colour to orange / red in autumn.

A frost hardy maple ideal for the colder UK climate. It has the distinctive green three lobes leaves of the maple that turn yellow in the autumn.

The Japanese Maple is the most common variety used for Bonsai. They maintain green leaves during the summer that turn a red colour in the autumn They can also be used as rootstock for grafting purposes.

A very fast growth habit, ideal for bonsai growing. The leaves of the Japanese White Birch respond very well to container growing with a reduced leaf size. The beautiful white bark of the Birch makes it very desirable to be included in any bonsai collection.

The Japanese Privet, a beautiful tree fast growing subject ideal for the bonsai beginner and lends itself to shaping very well and has a dense growth habit. It also produce some creamy-white flowers all year round and possess a light gray bark.

The Japanese Red Pine is one of the three most common Japanese Pine varieties and can be impressive subject. It gets it's name for is bark developing from green when young to a flaky orange-red appearance when it matures. Its trunk is often crooked or twisted giving each tree a unique habit. Frost hardy, ideal for the UK climate.

The most preferred species of Japanese Pine that produces some of the best bonsai examples. A must have in any bonsai collection. This needles conifer tree is very robust and can take any bonsai training technique very well. It's growth rate is moderate.

The versatile Chinese elm is a perfect bonsai subject with its small leaves. It responds well to the clip and grow techniques as it is very fast growing. A Deciduous or Evergreen, depending on the location of growth. Another must have in the collection.

This variety of elm lends itself to a broom style habit and is one of the best for beginners. It is fast growing and is resistant to disease that other examples of elm are subject too. It's serrated leaves are of a bright green while turning red in the autumn.