Help please - List 5 trees native to your area [ say 50 miles ] usable for Bonsai

[dancing with butterflies]

Yes I agree

 

[dancing with butterflies]

I'm in mn st paul

 

[Cajunrider]

An interesting thread would be, "Here's five bonsai species native to my area. Guess where I am?" But we all already have locations in our profiles.

Mine is dead easy.

 

[Pads]

Olive (Olea europaea)
Pistacia (Pistacia lentiscus)
Tree heather (Erica arborea)
Mock privet (Phillyrea latifolia)
Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree)

 

[Cajunrider]

Olive (Olea europaea)
Pistacia (Pistacia lentiscus)
Tree heather (Erica arborea)
Mock privet (Phillyrea latifolia)
Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree)

A few months ago, I was in Athens. I saw so many fantastic Olive trees in huge pots outside some of the shops.

 

[dancing with butterflies]

Oak, beech blue , maple. Hackberry , white pine

 

[Carol 83]

But we all already have locations in our profiles.

If you didn't you'd get chastised.

 

[Glaucus]

Tree heather (Erica arborea)

Didn't know there was a heather that's actually tree-like. That's so cool. Kinda exploring the coolness of erica and calluna currently.
Gonna google if there's pictures from actual bonsai of erica.

To add my own list:
Carpinus betulus - European hornbeam
Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine, or better named European Red Pine because why let the Scottish have all the fun.
Tilia cordata - small-leaved linden
Taxus baccata - European yew
Crataegus monogyna - common hawthorn

Double checked to be sure that all 5 are actually occuring wild within 50km.
Source: https://www.verspreidingsatlas.nl/0943

 

[Gabler]

Can I think of five that haven't already been named ...

1. Liquidambar styraciflua (big leaves but good fall color)
2. Maclura pomifera (vigorous, small leaves)
3. Pinus taeda (vigorous, long needles but grows bark quickly)
4. Pinus virginiana (short needles, good backbudding)

Nope. Just four good ones that I didn't notice in anyone else' list of five.

 

[jason biggs]

some different species from the warmer parts of South Africa:
-senegalia galpinii (monkey thorn)
-senegalia nigrescens (knob thorn)
-erythrina lysistemon (coral tree)
-celtis africana (white stinkwood)
-adansonia digitata (king of all trees)

 

[Pads]

Didn't know there was a heather that's actually tree-like. That's so cool. Kinda exploring the coolness of erica and calluna currently.
Gonna google if there's pictures from actual bonsai of erica.

To add my own list:
Carpinus betulus - European hornbeam
Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine, or better named European Red Pine because why let the Scottish have all the fun.
Tilia cordata - small-leaved linden
Taxus baccata - European yew
Crataegus monogyna - common hawthorn

Double checked to be sure that all 5 are actually occuring wild within 50km.
Source: https://www.verspreidingsatlas.nl/0943

Well you can find some very interesting yamadori on exposed ridges in nearby hills.
A great example below (from Italy)

New Erica

This is a wooden Erica, Erica arborea. They grow wild in Italy and can be great bonsai material. The deadwood is worked on, of course, they ...

walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com

 

[mrfish33]

Pacific NW east side. Higher, drier, colder.
Ponderosa Pine
Lodgepole Pine
Englemann Spruce
White Fir
Mt Hemlock

Of note, with the exception of a few toughies like Amur Maple and Spruce, my non-native trees are being phased out. Natives seem to be the way to go here. The challenge of discovering new material to work with is enjoyable too.

What about western larch?

 

[DeepSouth]

Here are my choices, starting with my personal favorite:

1. Parsley Hawthorn (tiny delicate leaves, white flowers, red berries, peeling bark, what’s not to like?)
2. Bald Cypress
3. Hornbeam
4. Southern Hackberry
5. Florida red maple (learning curve to work with, but grows fast and leaves miniaturize better than normal acer rubrum)