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