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