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Deciduous bonsai

Deciduous bonsai change throughout the year, from spring growth and summer canopies to fall color and winter branch structure. Their seasonal rhythm is part of the experience.

Deciduous bonsai from Reminiscent Herb Farm & Nursery

Deciduous bonsai belong outdoors and need winter dormancy.

Leaf size and branch refinement improve through patient seasonal care.

Species differ in sun, water and pruning needs.

What you may find

Explore deciduous bonsai.

Browse by appearance, not care requirements. Winter placement varies by species.

Photos show examples of bonsai and may not reflect our current stock. Each tree is unique. Visit or contact us for current availability.

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Bald Cypress at Reminiscent Nursery

Taxodium distichum

Bald Cypress

Bald cypresses have beautiful reddish brown bark and soft, needle shaped leaves which develop a nice auburn color in the fall.

$25 to $89.99Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Chinese Elm at Reminiscent Nursery

Ulmus parvifolia

Chinese Elm

Chinese elm combines small, finely toothed leaves with branching that responds well to shaping.

$20 to $600Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Dawn Redwood at Reminiscent Nursery

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Dawn Redwood

Dawn redwood is a deciduous conifer with soft foliage that changes to warm copper tones before falling.

$25 to $1,250Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Flowering Cherry at Reminiscent Nursery

Prunus incisa 'Kojo No Mai'

Flowering Cherry

Kojo No Mai flowering cherry has distinctive zigzag twigs and delicate spring flowers that open pale pink and fade toward white.

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Ginkgo at Reminiscent Nursery

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo

Ginkgo has distinctive fan shaped leaves with veins that radiate outward from the base.

$25 to $650Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Hornbeam at Reminiscent Nursery

Carpinus

Hornbeam

Hornbeams are beloved in the bonsai world.

$34.99 to $3,000Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Japanese Maple at Reminiscent Nursery

Acer palmatum

Japanese Maple

Japanese maples offer striking foliage color and a wide range of cultivars for bonsai.

$45 to $1,200Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Sweetgum at Reminiscent Nursery

Liquidambar

Sweetgum

Sweetgum has lobed, maplelike leaves that develop warm autumn colors before falling.

$85Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Trident Maple at Reminiscent Nursery

Acer buergerianum

Trident Maple

Trident maples are popular bonsai with small leaves, strong roots and branching that responds well to pruning.

$45 to $1,850Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Japanese larch bonsai example

Larix spp.

Larch

Larch offers the look of a conifer with a deciduous seasonal rhythm.

$45 to $600Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Beech at Reminiscent Nursery

Fagus spp.

Beech

Beech bonsai combine smooth bark, toothed leaves and a visible branching framework.

$45 to $350Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Chinese quince bonsai example

Pseudocydonia sinensis

Chinese quince

Chinese quince is known for bark that flakes away to reveal a patchwork of colors.

$40 to $90Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Pomegranate bonsai example; not identified as Nana

Punica granatum 'Nana'

Dwarf pomegranate

Dwarf pomegranate brings small leaves and colorful flowers to the bonsai collection, with ornamental fruit providing another point of interest when it develops.

$45Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Japanese zelkova bonsai example

Zelkova serrata

Japanese zelkova

Japanese zelkova has toothed leaves and a branching canopy that creates a tree like silhouette in miniature.

$150Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Rosa rugosa

Rugosa rose

Rugosa rose brings strongly textured foliage and fragrant flowers to the bonsai selection.

$45 to $85Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Amorpha fruticosa

False indigo

An airy deciduous shrub with compound leaves made up of many small leaflets.

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Chinese hackberry bonsai, Celtis sinensis, at Parc floral de Paris.

Celtis sinensis

Chinese hackberry

Chinese hackberry is a deciduous tree with toothed green leaves and a naturally rounded, spreading crown.

$75 to $295Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Chojubai quince bonsai, Chaenomeles japonica ‘Chojubai’. Cropped from the Pacific Bonsai Expo display photograph.

Chaenomeles japonica ‘Chojubai’

Chojubai flowering quince

Chojubai is a compact flowering quince valued for small leaves, closely branching growth and small, showy flowers.

$34.99 to $159.99Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Comptonia peregrina

Sweetfern

Sweetfern is a woody deciduous shrub, not a true fern.

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Euonymus alatus

Burning bush

Burning bush is best known for brilliant red autumn foliage and the corky ridges that develop along its stems.

$75Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Chinese ash bonsai, Fraxinus chinensis, at Prague Botanical Garden.

Fraxinus chinensis

Chinese ash

Chinese ash carries compound leaves made up of several pointed leaflets, creating a layered deciduous canopy.

$35Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Crape myrtle bonsai, Lagerstroemia indica, at Longwood Gardens.

Lagerstroemia indica

Crape myrtle

Crape myrtle offers ruffled flower clusters, colorful autumn leaves and peeling bark that reveals changing shades beneath.

$35Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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flowering crabapple bonsai. Photo cropped to the tree and pot.

Malus x floribunda

Flowering crabapple

Crimson flower buds open into pale pink or white blossoms along arching branches, followed by small red and yellow crabapples.

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White mulberry bonsai, Morus alba, in autumn color at the Barcelona Botanical Garden.

Morus spp.

Mulberry

Mulberries have broad leaves that may be rounded or lobed, giving their canopies an informal, leafy character.

$50Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Prunus tomentosa

Nanking cherry

Nanking cherry brings a soft look to bonsai with slightly wrinkled green leaves and downy young growth.

$20Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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European mountain ash bonsai group, Sorbus aucuparia, photographed by Jerry Norbury.

Sorbus aucuparia

European mountain ash

European mountain ash, also called rowan, has compound leaves made up of many small leaflets.

$150Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Tall Stewartia bonsai, Stewartia monadelpha, at Kew Gardens.

Stewartia monadelpha

Tall stewartia

Tall stewartia is admired for smooth, reddish tan bark exposed as the outer surface peels away.

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Pond cypress bonsai, Taxodium ascendens, at Hidden Lake Gardens.

Taxodium ascendens

Pond cypress

Pond cypress has fine, overlapping foliage held close to slender shoots, giving it a different texture from bald cypress.

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Littleleaf linden bonsai, Tilia cordata, by László Bartusek.

Tilia cordata

Littleleaf linden

Littleleaf linden has glossy, heart-shaped leaves with finely toothed edges and clusters of fragrant, creamy yellow flowers.

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Ulmus americana

American elm

American elm has toothed leaves with an uneven base and a naturally arching, vase-shaped branch structure.

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Cedar elm bonsai, Ulmus crassifolia, in the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection.

Ulmus crassifolia

Cedar elm

Cedar elm has small, rough-textured leaves and gray to brown bark broken into loose, flaky scales.

$450Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Jacqueline Hillier elm bonsai, photographed by Jerry Norbury.

Ulmus x ‘Jacqueline Hillier’

Jacqueline Hillier elm

Jacqueline Hillier is a small-leaved elm with dense branching and a naturally rounded habit.

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Japanese apricot bonsai, Prunus mume, in flower.

Prunus mume

Japanese apricot

Japanese apricot, or ume, is valued for fragrant flowers that open on bare branches before the leaves emerge.

$125Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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Chinese wisteria bonsai in flower, Wisteria sinensis.

Wisteria spp.

Wisteria

Wisteria has twining woody stems, compound leaves and hanging clusters of fragrant, pea-shaped flowers.

$45Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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American silverberry bonsai, Elaeagnus commutata, at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Elaeagnus commutata

American silverberry

American silverberry has oval leaves covered in silvery scales, creating a bright contrast with reddish brown young shoots.

$85 to $200Inventory price guide. Prices vary.

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