To help you decide which bonsai to purchase, we can view a list of Latin names. If you want short plants, you would purchase the Abbreviatus. Abbreviatus is the artistic growth of miniature trees, which form shrubs through rigorous pruning of its branches and root.

If you are searching for elongated tapered points, search through the line of Accuminatus trees. The leaves taper off the tree and have sharp points.

Bonsai that presses together and against the other is known as the Adpressus group. The catalpa is an example of the Adpressus, which the tree has heart-shape leaves and come from Asian and North American countries. The leaves grow in clusters, which are creamy flowers shaped like bells and have elongated thin pods.

If you want a tree where the branches are going up the trunk, check out the line of Adscendens. Aerius means air or air-roots. Affinis is a lasting bonsai tree. Affinis is the group of Gracilis, which include Podocarpus Affinis, glaucus, lophatus, pilgeri, rotundus, and a selection of plants that come from New Guinea and South Asia, such as the Macrostachyus group.

Africanus is one of bonsai’s finest, which the tree comes from Africa. The winged trees include the Alatus group. The woody winged tree may have ridges, which extend lengthways. The ridges continue to the stems and bushes. It is a member of the Genus and known as Euonymus Alatus. The Euonymus group is trees and/or shrubs, which have decorated foliage. The northern temperate trees are cultivated for its décor evergreen foliage, clusters of orange and red fruits, etc.

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