List of North American Native trees used for Bonsai

[plantmanky]

American Bonsai Society
List of North American Native plants used for Bonsai

This list has been moved to a file in "articles" "Bonsai Essentials" http://absbonsai.org/bonsai-articles/bonsai-essentials/104-abs-list-of-north-american-plants-used-for-bonsaion the ABS home page and will be maintained there in the future. The new list has been completely updated and revised to include links to technical reference sites as well as links to photo's of bonsai in the ABS Reference library.

[BillsBayou]

Pond Cypress, Taxodium ascendens, Florida

I'm not working on one myself. I know that Guy Guidry does these.

[MatsuBonsai]

Juniperus occidentalis var. australis Sierra Juniper, Boon's nice one seen here, http://www.bonsaiboon.com/pages/services.html

[MatsuBonsai]

Ah, now, after reading more closely I understand more-better, I think.

I have a few Juniperus occidentalis (Western juniper) and they're doing quite well. I know of others in the Bay Area, and Dallas, and NW Arkansas.

[MatsuBonsai]

Also, some Juniperus ashei (Ashe Juniper) in Dallas and NW Arkansas doing very well as bonsai.

[lewisjk]

Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush. e Zones5-10

Note: That is buttonBUSH, NOT buttonwood. Leaves are slowly getting smaller. I hope it will bloom next year!

[plantmanky]

Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush. e Zones5-10

Note: That is buttonBUSH, NOT buttonwood. Leaves are slowly getting smaller. I hope it will bloom next year!

Thanks for the information and it's nice to see someone actually using Buttonbush. Make sure and take a picture if it does flower, that would be nice to see. What growing zone do you actually live in? I'll add it to the list when I know your specific zone and it will appear on the next update.

[lewisjk]

Zone 7-8 in the new USDA zone map (soon to be published).

[plantmanky]

Zone 7-8 in the new USDA zone map (soon to be published).

Thanks! becasue of the way we code localities I'll add both 7e and 8e today. Once we get our digital image gallery set up I'd love to add your pic to the reference library section so we can have some readily avaliable examples for others to see.

[lewisjk]

Going through the list again, I have another that isn't there: Lyonia lucida, fetterbush lyonia 7e and 8e. This was dug from a swamp on my farm when we lived in Tallahassee, FL. Been in a bonsai pot since 2001. Lovely bark and flowers.