MISTRAL BONSAI recommends

Pinus halepensis. Bonsai 12 years. Aleppo pine. These are typical Mediterranean trees, they live better outside. Evergreen tree, with leaves called “needles”. It belongs to the order of conifers, since its fruit is cone shaped. Of grayish branches and bark. Very resistant to arid conditions. At the root level, it associates with fungi to form the famous mycorrhizae, thus improving its nutrient absorption.

Leaf type: evergreen

Durantha repens. Bonsai 16 years. Duranta or Geisha Girl. The so-called indoor trees are mostly trees from tropical origins, that do not support low temperatures. We must place them indoors, always close to a source of natural light. Evergreen tree.

Leaf type: evergreen

Pinus pentaphylla. Bonsai 21 years. Five-needle pine. These are trees that, by nature, must be placed outside, ideal for balconies, gardens and terraces. Evergreen tree whose leaves are called needles. The needles grow in bunches of five and have white stripes on the undersides. They belong to the order of the conifers because its fruit, the pine, has the shape of a cone. It’s a tree which you can find in the mountains and of slow growth. As a bonsai you will often find it grafted on to the stronger rootstock of P. thunbergii.

Leaf type: evergreen