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American Bonsai Society
Non-native Plants used for Bonsai
Hello ABS members,
This Document is the ABS Non-Native list of plants used for Bonsai. The list contains plants from around the world that are not native to the areas of coverage by the ABS orgainzation. We make every attempt to keep this list up to date with membership involvement and reporting. If you are an ABS member and have non-natives that you’re working with that are not reported or new to a regional location, please make a report by going to the ABS forum by clicking here. The minimum information that you should report is the botanical name (genus, species and cultivar when known) of the plant, your location (see below for location codes) and a picture of the bonsai tree if you have one.
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Last updated - 7/12/11
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Added to Un-reported Prunus spinosa Added code definitions
Plant Name codes " " = cultivated variety var = natural varietals subsp = sub-species
ABS member location codes format (xxxy) x = growing zone y = Continent location
Continent locations E = Eastern US and Canada from Atlantic coast to Mississippi river C = Central US and Canada from Mississippi river to the Rockies W = Western US and Canada from Rockies to Pacific coast (AK, HI) M = Mexico PR = Puerto Rico VI = Virgin Islands
Plant status * = populations under urban or commercial stress
Reported being used by an ABS member
Acer buergerianum (Trident maple) Zones - 6ae, 6ae, 7c Wikipedia species account ABS Care sheet ABS photo Image 1 - species Image 2 - species Image 3 - "miyasama_kaede" Acer campestre (Hedge maple) Zones - 6ae USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo
Acer ginnala (Amur maple) Zones - 6ae USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo Acer Japonicum (Full Moon Maple) zones - 5ac University of CT species account ABS photo Image 1 - "aureum" Acer monspessulanum (Montpellier Maple) Zones - 6ae wikipedia species account ABS photo Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) Zones - 6ae USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - species Image 2 - "Akaji nishiki" Image 3 - "Deshojo" Image 4 - "Kiyo Hime" Image 5 - "Sharps Pygmy" Image 6 - "Yatsubusa" Image 7 - "Disectum atropururea" Image 8 - "Arakawa" Acer truncatum (Shantung Maple) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Adansonia digitata (African baobab) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Akebia quinata Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Azalea satsuki - See Rhododendron indicum Bauhinia forficata subsp. Pruinosa (Orchid Tree) -zones - 7c ABS photo Bouganvillea Hybrids Zones - 10w Wikipedia Species account ABS Photo Image 1 - "Pnk Pixi" Buxus sempervirens (Common Boxwood) Zones - 7e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Callistemon citrinus (Lemon bottlebrush) Zones - 6ae USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo Camellia x hiemalis (Camellia hybrid - C.japonica x. C.sasanqua) Zones - 8be Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 "Shishigashira" Camellia japonica (Japanese Camelliia) Zones 6e Wikipedia Species account ABS Photo Image 1 - "Higo-ozeki" Camellia sasanqua Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Carissa grandiflora - See Carissa macrocarpa Carissa macrocarpa (Natal Plum) zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS Photo Image 1 - Informal upright Image 2 - Cascade Carmona microphylla (Fukien Tea) zones - 7c ABS photo Carpinus betulus (European hornbeam) Zones - 6ac Wikipedia species account ABS photo Carpinus tschonoskii (Hornbeam) Zones - 6e ABS Photo Casurina equisetifolia (Ironwood) Zones - 6e Floridata species account ABS Photo Cebia speciosa (Silkfloss tree) Zones - 9w Wikipedia species account ABS Care guide ABS photo Cedrus atlantica (Atlantic cedar) zones - 5c Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - "Glauca" Cedrus brevifolia (Cyprian cedar) Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm databse species account ABS photo Cedrus deodara Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS Care sheet ABS photo Cedrus libani (Cedar of Lebanon) Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Celtis sinensi (Chinese Hackberry) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura) Zones - 6ae USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo Chaenomeles japonica (Japanese Flowering Quince) Zones - 6e, 6ae Wikipedia species Account ABS photo Image 1 - "Zoge" Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Quince) Zones - 9w Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - "Contorted pink" Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki false cypress) Zones - 6ac Gymnosperm database Species account ABS photo Image 2 - "Nana" Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara False cypress) zones - 5ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - Species Image 2 "Boulevard" Chionanthus retusus (Chinese fringe tree) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Chorisia speciosa - See Cebia speciosa Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Citrus x microcarpa(Calamondin Orange) Zones - 9W Wikipedia Species account ABS Photo Corylopsis spicata (Spike Winter Hazel) zones - 9w Kemper Center species account ABS photo Cotoneaster apiculatus (Cranberry cotoneaster) - zones 7c University of CT species account ABS photo Cotoneaster glaucophyllus (Gray leaf cotoneaster) - zones 7c ABS photo Crataegus cuneata (Japanese hawthorn)Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Crataegus laevigata (English Hawthorn) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Cryptomeria japonica Zones - 5ae Wikipedia species account ABS Care Sheet ABS photo Image 1 - Species Image 2 - "Tansu" Image 3 - "Tenzan Yatsubusa" Cydonia oblonga (Quince) Zone - 6ae Wikiedia species account ABS photo Elaeagnus pungens (Thorny Elaeagnus) Zones - 6e USDA photo Floridata species account ABS photo Eurya emarginata (Bin Ling) Zones - 6e eFloras china species account ABS photo Euonymus alatus (Winged Euonymus) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Fagus crenata (Japanese Beech) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS Photo Ficus benjamina (Weeping Fig) Zones - 5e Wikipedia Species account ABS photo Ficus microcarpa (Chinese Banyan) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 "Burt Davey" Ficus natalensis (Natal fig) Zones - 6e Figweb species account ABS photo Image 1 Ficus neriifolia (Narrow leaf Fig) Zones - 7e ABS Photo Ficus religiosa - Bo or Peepul tree) Zones - 5c USDA photo Wikipedia species account ABS photo Forsythia X intermediaZones - 5c, 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS Care guide ABS photo Gardenia jasminoidies (Gardenia) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS Photo Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree) Zones - 5ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - "chi-chi" summer Image 2 - "chi-chi" winter Hamamelis japonica (Japanese witchazel) Zones - 5e Kemper center species account ABS photo Hydrangea anomala subsp petiolaris (Climbing hydrangea) zones - 8w University of CT species account ABS photo Ilex cornuta (Chinese holly) Zones - 6ae Duke University species account ABS photo Ilex dimorphophylla(Okinawa Holly) Zones - 7c ABS photo Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly) - Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - species Image 2 - "Nana" Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Juniperus chinensis (Chinese juniper) Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - "Heitz columnaris" Image 2 - ""Parsonii" Image 3 - "Shimpaku" var sargentii Image 4 - "Torulosa" Image 5 - "Foemina" Goshin Image 6 - "Kishu Shimpaku" var sargentii Image 7 - "Itoigawa Shimpaku" var sargentii Juniperus communis var. depressa USDA photo Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Juniperus Procumbens (Garden Juniper) Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm database Species account ABS Photo Juniperus rigida (Needle uniper) Zones - 7c Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Lagerstroemia indica (Crape myrtle) Zones - 5ae, 6ae Wikipedia species account US National Arboretum Cultivar list ABS photo Lantana montevidensis (Lantana) zones - 9w Wikipedia species account ABS photo Laurus nobilis (Grecian bay) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Leptospermum laevigatum(Australian Tea-tree) Zones - 9w Wikipedia species account ABS photo Ligustrum obtusifolium (Border privet) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS Photo Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) - Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Ligustrum vulgare (Common Privet) Zones - 5ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Loropetalum chinense (Chinese fringe flower) Zones - 5ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Magnolia kobus (Japanese Magnolia) Zones - 6e University of CT species account ABS photo Malus floribunda (Crabapple) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Malus toringo (Toringo crabapple) Zones - 6e University of WI species account ABS photo Malus x purpurea Zones - 6ae GRIN species account ABS photo Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn redwood) Zones - 6ae Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - winter Image 2 - Summer Morus alba (White Mulberry) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Murraya paniculata (Organge Jasmine) Zones 5e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Myricaria cauliflora (Jaboticaba) Zones - 6e ABS photo Myrtus communis (Common Myrtle) Zones - 5e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Olea europaea (olive) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Osteomeles boninensis (Osteomeles) Zones - 6e ABS photo Parthenocissus quinquefolia (virginia creeper) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston Ivy) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Pemphis acidula (Pemphis) Zones - Wikipedia species account ABS photo phyllostachys aurea (Golden Bamboo) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Picea abies (Norway spruce) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 "Nidiformis" Picea glehnii (Ezo Spruce) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Picea jezoensis (Black Ezo Spruce) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Pinus densiflora(Japanese red pine) Zones - 9w Gymnosperm datase species account ABS photo Pinus mugo (Swiss mountain pine) zones - 9w Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Pinus parviflora(Japanese white pine) Zones 6ae, 9w Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 1 - species Image 2 - "koko no-ee" Image 3 - "Miyajima" Image 4 - "Zui-sho" Pinus sylvestris (scots pine) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm databse species account ABS photo Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black Pine) Zones 6ae, 7c, 9w Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Image 2 "corticosa" Prunus cerasifera (Myrobalan plum) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - species Image 2 - species Prunus mume (Japanese Aprocot) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Prunus subhirtella (Higan cherry) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Prunus tomentosa (Manchu Cherry) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Pithecellobium tortum (Brazilian raintree) Zones - 7c ABS photo Portulacaria afra (Dwarf Jade) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Pseudocydonia sinensis (Chinese Quince) Zones - 5c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Pseudolarix amabilis (Golden Larch) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Punica granatum(Pomegranite) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photos Image 1 - species Image 2 - "Nejikan" Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn) Zones - 6ae Floridata species account ABS photo Image 1 - Flowers Image 2 - Berries Pyracantha crenulata (Nepalese Firethorn) Zones - 6e Jepson flora project species account ABS photo Pyracantha koidzumii (Formosa firethorn) Zones - 6ae Threatened in (HI) Hawaiian Ecosystems species account ABS photo Quercus petraea (Sessile or Durmast Oak) Zones - 9W Wikipedia Species account ABS Photo Quercus suber (Cork oak) Zones - 9w Wikipedia speices account ABS photo Rhododendron indicum (Satsuki Azalea) American Azalea Society species account ABS photo Image 2 "Korin" Sageretia thea var. thea (Paupers Tea) Zones - 6e ABS photo Sageretia theezans - see Sageretia thea v thea Schefflera arbricola(Dwarf Umbrella Tree) Zones - 5e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Schinus terebinthifolilus (Brazilian Pepper) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Serrisa japonica (Japanese Boxthorn) Zones - 6e ABS Photo Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese Stewartia) Zones 7e University of CT species account ABS photo Styrax japonicus (Japanese snowbell) Zones - 6ae University of Connecticut species account ABS photo Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata (Taiwania) Zones - 6e ABS photo Taxus baccata (English Yew) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) Zones - 9 Gymnosperm database species account ABS Photo Trachelospermum asiaticum (Asian Yellow Star Jasmine)Zones - 5ae Floridata species account ABS photo Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Tsuga diversifolia (Japanese Hemlock) Zones - 6e Gymnosperm database species account ABS photo Ulmus davidiana (David Elm) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - "Nire" Ulmus Minor (Smoothleaf Elm) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Ulmus parvifolia(Chinese elm) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1- species Image 2 - "Catlin" Image 3 - "Corticosa" Image 4 - "Seiju" Image 5 - "Yatsubusa" Vitis vinifera (European grape) Zones - 7c Wikipedia species account ABS photo Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria)Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria) Zones - 6ae Floridata species account ABS photo Wrightia religiosa (Water Jasmine) Zones - 7c eFloras china species account ABS photo Zelkova carpinifolia (Elm zelkova) Zones - 6ae Wikipedia species account ABS photo Zelkova serrata (Greybark Elm) Zones - 6e Wikipedia species account ABS photo Image 1 - Winter Image 2 - Fall
Not Reported by an ABS member to date
Abies koreana (Korean Fir) Abies nordmanniana (Norman Fir) Abies pinsapo (Spanish fir) Acacia howittii Aesculus turbinata Alnus cordata Arbutus unedo (Strawberry tree) Azara microphylla (Boxleaf azara) Berberis thunbergii (Barberry) Betula pendula (European white birch) Bougainvillea all species Brachychiton populneus (Bottle tree) Bucdia spinosal (Black Olive) Bursera microphylla (Elephant tree) Buddleja diversifolia - See Buddleja indica Buddleja indica Buxus microphylla (Japanese boxwood) Buxus semervirens (English boxwood Caesalpinia Calliandra eriophylla (Dwarf powder puff) Callicarpa bodinieri (Beauty berry) Callicarpa dichotoma Callicarpa japonica Callistemon citrinus (Lemon bottlebrush) Callistemon rigidus (Stiff bottlebrush) Callistemon viminalis (Weeping bottlebrush) Camellia olifera Camellia reticulata Camellia sasanqua Caragana arborescens (Siberian pea shrub) Carpinus betulus (European hornbeam) Carpinus japonica (Japanese hornbeam) Carpinus laxiflora Carpinus turczaninowii (Korean hornbeam) Castanea sativa (Chinese chestnut) Casuarina stricta (Mountain She-oak) Celastrus orbiculatus (Bittersweet) Celtis australis (European hackberry) Celtis tenuifolia Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) Cercis chinensis (Chinese redbud) Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree) Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering quince) Cordia americana (Guajuvira) Corylus aveliana (European Filbert) Cotoneaster adpresssus Cotoneaster congestus Cotoneaster dammeri Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster microphyllus Cupressus sempervirens (Italian cypress) Cycas revolute (Sago palm) Diospyros kaki (Japanese persimmon) Diospyros rhombifolia Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian Olive) Elaeagnus commutate (Silverberry) Enkianthus campanulatus Eounymus alata (Winged euonymus) Eucalyptus nicholii (Narrow-leafed Black peppermint Gum) Euonymus fortunei Euonymus japonica (Evergreen euonymus) Erythroxylum ovatum Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) Ficus carica (Edible fig) Ficus neriifolia - See Ficus salisifolia Ficus religiosa (Sacred fig) Ficus retusa - see Ficus microcarpa Ficus rubiginosa (Rusty leaf fig) Ficus salisifolia (Willow-leaf fig) Fraxinus chinensis (Chinese ash) Fraxinus sieboldiana Fuchsia hybrida (Hybrid Fuchsia) Grewia glandulosa (Lavender starflower) Grewia occidentalis - see Grewia glandulosa Hamamelis intermedia Hybrid witch hazel) Hamamelis mollis (Chinese witch hazel) Havardia mexicana (Mexican ebony) Hedera canariensis (Algerian ivy) Hedera helix (English ivy) Ilex aquifolium (English holly) Ilex crenata (Japanese holly) Juniperus recurva coxii (cox or Temple juniper) Juniperus squamata Larix decidua (European larch) Larix kaempferi (Japanese larch Lavandula (lavender) Leptospermum Scoparium (New Zealand Tea-tree Ligustrum amurense (Amur privet) Ligustrum ibota Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese privet) Ligustrum lucidum (Glossy privet) Ligustrum vulgare (Common Privet) Liquidambar formosana (Chinese sweet gum) Liquidambar orientalis (Oriental sweet gum) Magnolia stellata (Star magnolia) Malus spectabilis Maytenus boaria (Mayten tree) Milletia japonica (Dwarf wisteria) Myrsine Africana (African boxwood) Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo) Nicodemia diversifolia - See Buddleja indica Osmanthus fragrens Osmanthus heterophyllus Pachycormus discolor (Elephant tree) Patagonula americana - See Cordia americana Picea orientalis Pierus japonica (Lilly-of-the-valley shrub) Pinus cembra (Swiss stone pine) Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine) Pinus nigra (Austrian black pine) Pinus pumila (Dwarf Siberian pine) Pistacia chinensis (Chinese pistache) Podocarpus gracilior Podocarpus macrophyllus Populus alba (Silver poplar) Portulacaria afra (Dwarf jade) Prunus blireiana (Blireiana plum) Prunus campanulata (Taiwan cherry) Prunus incisa (Fuji cherry) Prunus persica (Peach) Prunus serrulata (Oriental cherry) Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn or Sloe) Psidium littorale (Common guava) Pyrus kawakamii (Evergreen pear) Quercus robur (English oak) Rhododendren impeditum (Cloudland Rhododendron) Rhus lancea (African sumac) Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) Salix babylonica (Babylon weeping willow) Sapium sebiferum (Chinese tallow) Serrisa foetida (yellow-rim) Sophora japonica(Japanese pagoda tree) Spiraea japonica (Japanese spirea) Stewartia monadelpha (Tall stewartia) Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) Syringa vulgaris (Common lilac) Syzygium paniculatum(Australian bush cherry) Tecomaria capensis (Cape honeysuckle) Tilia cordata (Little-leaf linden) Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) Vitex agnus-castus (Chase tree)
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