Grow a bonsai worth keeping
A beginner-friendly guide to growing and caring for bonsai trees. We link straight to real listings on Amazon UK so you can check current price and reviews before you buy.
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Different bonsai species have genuinely different care needs — start here to find one that fits your space and patience level.
Juniper Bonsai
The classic evergreen bonsai species — outdoor-hardy and forgiving of care mistakes.
BrowseFicus Bonsai
The most genuinely low-maintenance indoor bonsai species — good for centrally-heated homes.
BrowseChinese Elm Bonsai
Widely considered the best all-round beginner bonsai — small leaves, very hard to kill.
BrowseJapanese Maple Bonsai
Grown for striking, colour-changing foliage — a rewarding second or third tree, needs more careful placement.
BrowsePine Bonsai
The traditional bonsai species — a genuine live Mugo Pine plus seeds and growing kits for other true pines.
BrowseJade Bonsai
Succulent-leaved Crassula — extremely low water needs, a good pick if you tend to forget to water.
BrowseAzalea Bonsai
Flowering bonsai, prized for spring blossom rather than foliage or trunk shape alone.
BrowseSerissa Bonsai
Tree of a Thousand Stars — small evergreen leaves and masses of tiny white flowers in summer.
BrowseCotoneaster Bonsai
A hardy, small-leaved outdoor species with white flowers and orange-red berries in season.
BrowseOther Species
Live bonsai species outside our main categories — Sageretia, Dawn Redwood and more.
BrowseTools, pots & care essentials
Grow-Your-Own Kits
General, multi-species seed-based starter kits for growing bonsai from scratch.
BrowsePopular guides
Answers to the questions people actually search for, built from our own catalogue.
The Easiest Bonsai Trees to Keep Alive
The most forgiving bonsai species for someone who has killed a houseplant before — ranked by how hard they actually are to keep alive.
Read guideThe Best Bonsai Trees for Beginners
What to actually buy as a first bonsai tree — species, tools and one starter-kit alternative, picked for genuine beginner-friendliness.
Read guideThe Best Indoor Bonsai Trees
Bonsai species that genuinely tolerate living indoors year-round, rather than "outdoor trees kept inside" that slowly decline.
Read guideThe Best Outdoor Bonsai Trees
Bonsai species that need to live outdoors year-round — hardy, seasonal, and better for it.
Read guideThe Smallest Bonsai Trees (and Pots) We Stock
Genuinely small, desk- or windowsill-scale bonsai and pots — sized and dimensions checked, not just described as "compact".
Read guideThe Biggest Bonsai Trees (and Pots) We Stock
The largest, most established live trees and display pieces in our catalogue, plus our biggest pot — for a genuine statement specimen rather than a starter plant.
Read guideNew here? Start with the care guide
Our beginner's bonsai care guide covers watering, light, feeding and pruning basics before you buy your first tree or kit.