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Bonsai Care Guides A–Z
Find your bonsai by its common name or botanical name. Each link opens a UK care guide covering position, watering, feeding, pruning, repotting and winter care.
Aliases and cultivar names point to the relevant species guide. Check the botanical name on your plant label: similar common names can belong to different species.
A
- Acer buergerianum — Trident Maple
- Acer palmatum — Japanese Maple
- Aesculus hippocastanum — Horse Chestnut
- Azalea — Rhododendron spp.
B
- Banyan Fig — Ficus microcarpa
- Berberis chinensis — Chinese Barberry
- Bird Plum — Sageretia sp.
- Bosnian Pine — Pinus heldreichii 'Malinki'
- Bougainvillea — Bougainvillea spp.
- Bougainvillea spp. — Bougainvillea
- Boxwood (Buxus harlandii) — Buxus harlandii
- British Oak — Quercus robur / Quercus petraea
- Brush Cherry — Syzygium sp.
- Buddhist Pine — Podocarpus sp.
- Buxus harlandii — Harland Boxwood
C
- Carpinus betulus — European Hornbeam
- Chaenomeles japonica — Japanese Flowering Quince
- Chamaecyparis spp. — False Cypress
- Chinese Barberry — Berberis chinensis
- Chinese Elm — Ulmus parvifolia
- Chinese Fringe Flower — Loropetalum chinense
- Chinese Juniper — Juniperus chinensis
- Chinese Pepper — Zanthoxylum sp.
- Chinese Privet — Ligustrum sinense
- Chinese Quince — Pseudocydonia sinensis
- Christmas Berry — Pourthiaea villosa
- Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster spp.
- Cotoneaster spp. — Cotoneaster
- Crab Apple — Malus spp.
D
- Dawn Redwood — Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Deshojo Maple — Acer palmatum
- Dwarf Juniper — Juniperus procumbens
E
- Ehretia microphylla — Fukien Tea
- European Hornbeam — Carpinus betulus
F
- False Cypress — Chamaecyparis spp.
- Ficus Ginseng — Ficus microcarpa
- Ficus microcarpa — Banyan Fig
- Firethorn — Pyracantha spp.
- Fuji Cherry — Prunus incisa
- Fukien Tea — Ehretia microphylla
H
- Harland Boxwood — Buxus harlandii
- Hornbeam — Carpinus betulus
- Horse Chestnut — Aesculus hippocastanum
I
- Ilex crenata — Japanese Holly
J
- Japanese Black Pine — Pinus thunbergii
- Japanese Flowering Quince — Chaenomeles japonica
- Japanese Holly — Ilex crenata
- Japanese Maple — Acer palmatum
- Japanese White Pine — Pinus parviflora
- Juniperus chinensis — Chinese Juniper
- Juniperus procumbens — Dwarf Juniper
K
- Katsura Maple — Acer palmatum
L
- Ligustrum sinense — Chinese Privet
- Loropetalum chinense — Chinese Fringe Flower
M
- Malinki Pine — Pinus heldreichii 'Malinki'
- Malus spp. — Crab Apple
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides — Dawn Redwood
- Money Tree — Pachira sp.
- Mountain Pine — Pinus mugo
- Mugo Pine — Pinus mugo
- Mugo Pine ‘Carsten’ — Pinus mugo
N
- Nomura Maple — Acer palmatum
O
- Oriental Photinia — Pourthiaea villosa
P
- Pachira sp. — Money Tree
- Photinia villosa — Pourthiaea villosa
- Pinus heldreichii 'Malinki' — Bosnian Pine
- Pinus mugo — Mountain Pine / Mugo Pine
- Pinus parviflora — Japanese White Pine
- Pinus sylvestris — Scots Pine
- Pinus thunbergii — Japanese Black Pine
- Podocarpus sp. — Buddhist Pine
- Pourthiaea villosa — Oriental Photinia / Christmas Berry
- Prunus incisa — Fuji Cherry
- Pseudocydonia sinensis — Chinese Quince
- Pyracantha spp. — Firethorn
Q
- Quercus robur / Quercus petraea — British Oak
R
- Rhododendron spp. — Azalea
S
- Sageretia — Sageretia sp.
- Sageretia sp. — Bird Plum / Sweet Plum
- Scots Pine — Pinus sylvestris
- Serissa — Serissa japonica
- Serissa japonica — Snow Rose
- Snow Rose — Serissa japonica
- Sweet Plum — Sageretia sp.
- Syzygium sp. — Brush Cherry
T
- Taxus spp. — Yew
- Tree of a Thousand Stars — Serissa japonica
- Trident Maple — Acer buergerianum
U
- Ulmus parvifolia — Chinese Elm
W
- Wintergold Pine — Pinus mugo
Y
- Yew — Taxus spp.
Z
- Zanthoxylum sp. — Chinese Pepper
Not sure of your species?
If your label says only “Maple” or “Acer sp.”, confirm the species before using Japanese maple or trident maple pruning instructions. For a mixed or custom bundle, match each tree separately.
Contact Yorkshire Bonsai with a clear photo of the whole tree, close-ups of leaves and its label. In the meantime, read our general bonsai care guide.