Indoor Bonsai Tree – What Are Good Plants to Use For Beginners?
An indoor bonsai tree is usually a plant that grows in the more temperate climates around the world. That means climates where the difference between winter and summer is more moderate without extremly highs temperatures in the summers and lows in the winter. The plants thate are commonly used as indoor bonsai trees by beginners are:
The Japanese Maple Bonsai
The Japanese Maple is a maple which is often used both indoors and outdoors. It has leaves which change color during fall and winter. They turn red/orange in this period. This one is reasonably easy to care for, so that’s why I’m putting this one up here.
The Chinese Juniper Bonsai
The Chinese Juniper actually is a tree that prefers to be grown outside, but as it is an easy plant to grow I will still mention it here, as this one is also easy for beginners (just buy another one if it dies). When grown indoors it will need the appropriate lighting to survive. This one is an evergreen conifer type. The soil has to be kept moist year round, never let it dry out completly or it will die.
The Chinese Elm Bonsai
The Chinese Elm is considered one the best trees for a beginner. The tree grows slowly so any mistakes in cutting or pruning are quite easy to overcome. This plant can also be used outdoors by the way. There are around 40 different species to chose from! That’s also nice to know. You can always chose another Elm and know it will grow out in case of any errors. Most of the species are ‘evergreen’, so unlike the Maple these will not change color. Some of them even grow fruit!
Which one to choose totally depends on personal motivations and preferences. Most beginners will start out with a Chinese Elm because of the more easy maintenance and its evergreen leaves. If grown succesfully, one will begin to enjoy the art of bonsai and will try out other types of plants to train. Just make sure the wife also gets some quality time as it can become very addictive! 
In fact, a nice idea is to recreate the tree you had your first kiss, even with the little heart carved in the tree ! (migth actually go for this myself )
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