Garden The Best Trees For Bonsai. We chose the most appropriate plants to create a bonsai. Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Pine Ficus Retusa Jade tree (Crassula ovata) Baobab Chinese elm Crape Myrtle Bodhi tree (Ficus Religiosa) Indian Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) Pomegranate Cotoneaster horizontalis Boxwood Juniper Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Fukien tea (Carmona retusa) Azalea Olive Ficus Benjamina Dwarf Schefflera (Schefflera arboricola) Guava