House Plants

American gardeners have taken bonsai concepts and have applied them to house plants. By combining traditional procedures for handling house plants with bonsai concepts of design, growers have created different bonsai styles. The following alphabetical list consists of woody plants (native to the tropics and subtropics of the world) that have been grown as indoor bonsai. These plants can be obtained from either local or specialized nurseries.

• ACACIA: Acacia Baileyana
• ARALIA: Polyscias balfouriana Polyscias fruticosa Polyscias guilfoylei
• BIRD'S EYE BUSH: Ochna multiflora
• CAMELLIA: Camellia japonica Camellia sasanqua
• CAPE-JASMINE: Gardenia jasminoides radicans Gardenia jasminoides
• CITRUS: Citrus species (calamondin, kumquat, lemon, lime, orange, and tangerine)
• CHERRY: Surinam, Eugenia uniflora
• CYPRESS: Arizona, Cupressus arizonica Monterey, Cupressus macrocarpa
• FIG: Mistletoe, Ficus diversifolia
• HERB: Elfin, Cuphea hyssopifolia
• HIBISCUS: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cooperi
• HOLLY: Miniature, Malpighia coccigera
• JACARANDA: Jacaranda acutifolia
• JADE: Crassula species
• JASMINE: Jasminum parkeri Orange, Murraea exotica Star, Trachelospermum jasminoides
• LAUREL: Indian, Ficus retusa
• MYRTLE: Classic, Myrtus communis
• OAK: Cork, Quercus suber Indoor, Nicodemia diversifolia Silk, Grevillea robusta
• ORCHID TREE: Bauhinia variegata
• OXERA PULCHELLA
• PEPPER TREE: California, Schinus molle
• PISTACHIO: Chinese, Pistacia chinensis
• PLUM: Natal, Carissa grandiflora
• POINCIANA: Royal, Delonix regia
• POMEGRANATE: Dwarf, Punica granatum nana
• POWDERPUFF TREE: Calliandra surinamensis
• SERISSA FOETIDA
• SHOWER TREE: Cassia eremophila