You can only grow one species of bonsai!?

[GGB]

So is it the root stock that I can only have one of - or the (scion) foliage?

foliage

 

[Njyamadori]

I was thinking shinpaku but I feel like that’s not fun enough. I’m gonna pick Japanese Beautyberry even though they aren’t good for bigger trees

 

[Ruddigger]

Grow? Shimpaku. Own? California Juniper.

 

[Njyamadori]

I'm new to this thread. Does anyone want to explain?

If you had to only have 1 species to grow as bonsai what would it be ?

 

[SniffingKrylon]

Tough for me, stuck between ficus tigerbark or buttonwoods.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Ficus benjamina 'Too Little' year-around even in Detroit. Great scalability, pick a size, bulletproof, relatively cheap.

 

[Paradox]

That would be tough but probably Scots pine or Japanese white pine