Bonsai- What kind of plant do I have?

[MonkeyZero]

Hello There

A few days ago, a long time family friend came to visit, and she brought me a bonsai. She said its about 5 years old, but she didnt know the breed of plant/shrub.

Can anyone help Identify it for me?

Here is a leaf. It has some fine hairs and is serated. However, its not really a fuzzy leaf

Here is the whole tree

And here is the trunk, just incase(in the bonsai world, we use the trunk to identify plants occasionally)

Hopefully a plant person swings on by.

Thanks

Have an amazing day!

 

[MonkeyZero]

Anyone?

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Sorry, I don't know. I was wondering if it was one of the tropical bonsai, rather than one of the traditional trees. The traditional trees don't do all that well indoors and need time outside. The newer types of bonsai formed from tropical plants do very well indoors year round.

I had maples and pines.

 

[MonkeyZero]

I dont think its tropical.
Its a really tricky sucker huh?

 

[NanaKat]

What about Hornbeam or Beech, or Crabapple ?
I'm looking thru my books now.

 

[MonkeyZero]

I dont think its a beech. Beeches have silverish trunks
ANd i dont its a crabapple
Hornbeam? I dont know

 

[StupidBird]

azalea?

 

[Hoss1975]

It looks like an azalea to me but i'm not into that kind of bonsai,i like the pines.

Here are a few pictures of my best trees.

This is a Japanese black pine,it's 60 years old.It was started by my grandfather from seed after he returned from WWII,he was trained by a Japanese bonsai master.It stands 28" tall and has a trunk almost 2" thick.

This one is a Japanese white pine,it's 80 years old,but only stands 15" from the base of the pot.It's trunk is a little over 3".

Here is a Japanese juniper i picked up at lowes today.It will take some training but someday it will be a bonsai tree.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

You have beautiful trees. That juniper from Lowes looks like a great choice. What a nice find.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote:
Your heritage tree planted by your grandfather is a true treasure as well as beautiful tree.