Plant Species In Stock Suitable For Bonsai
Pre-bonsai or starters
This is the list of pre-bonsai or starters that Bishopsford usually have in stock, there may be the occasional out of stocks. We have about 900 plants in stock and approximately 63 species. We don’t have all our starters listed on our website as the stock is too large and constantly changing.
Acacia family:
- Senegalia (Acacia) burkei – Black Monkey Thorn
- Senegalia (Acacia) galpinii – Monkey thorn
- Vachellia (Acacia) siberiana – Paperbark Acacia
- Vachellia (Acacia) xanthophloea – Fever tree
Acmadenia heterophylla – Buchu
Albizia
Azalea – Kurume
Azalea – Satsuki – out of stock
Bougainvillea
Buddleja
Buxus
Carissa bispinosa – Forest num-num
Cedrus atlantica glauca – Blue Atlas cedar – out of stock cuttings will be ready in 2025
Celtis sinensis – Chinese hackberry
Chinese Maple – Acer buergerianum
Coleonema – Cape May
Coral tree – Erythrina – out of stock
Correa alba – white correa
Cotoneaster
Crassula tetragona
Cypress
Dalbergia
Diospyrus lycioides – Bushveld bluebush
Diospyrus whyteana
Duranta
Elm family:
- Catlin – Ulmus parvifolia catlin
- Cork Bark Elm – Ulmus parvifolia cork bark
- Seiju – Ulmus parvifolia seiju
- Zelkova – Japanese grey bark Elm – out of stock
Eugenia – Australian bush cherry
Euonymus
Ficus family:
- Ficus religiosa – Bodhi tree – out of stock
- Ficus bizanae – Pondoland Fig
- Ficus burtt-davyi nana and bigger leaf varieties
- Ficus natalensis
- Ficus Little Gem
- Ficus microcarpa
Flowering Quince – Chaenomeles speciosa – out of stock
Fuchsia
Hibiscus – dwarf
Hinoki Cypress – not available as pre-bonsai
Horsetail
Japanese Black pine – Pinus thunbergii
Japanese Maple – green
Juniper family:
- Hollywood Juniper – Juniperus chinensis – out of stock
- Itoigawa Juniper – Juniperus chinensis Itoigawa
- Juniperus chinensis mint julep
- Juniper Grey Owl – Juniperus virginiana Grey Owl
- Juniper procumbens nana – dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
- Juniperus conferta – Shore Juniper – out of stock
- Blaauw’s Juniper – very limited stock
Liquidambar
Milkwood – out of stock
Myrtle
Privet
Raphiolepsis
Red Japanese Maple – out of stock
Serissa – Chinese Snow rose
Sophora – Kowhai – out of stock
Spekboom – Portulacaria afra
Swamp Cypress – Taxodium distichum
Syzygium pondoense
Tamarisk
Thuja – out of stock
Virginia creeper
Wild Olive – Olea europaea subsp africana
Yew – Taxus baccata
