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Hi there,
i stated bonsai 6years ago in France. Since few month I'm living close to Manhattan, in a building without balcony...
i would like to try a ficus or a tropical tree, I'm looking for a bonsai nursery in the USA but i didn't found something very interesting. In France we had many nice nursery, i guess in the us to... there is no online shop??

i imported a very nice kinsai from japan, but i had to sell all my trees ;o(

thanks for your help

Xav

Here are a few... Hope this helps and welcome!

http://www.reflectionsinwater.com/

http://www.nebonsai.com/mm5/merchant.mvc

http://hollowcreekbonsai.com/

thanks for your help :p

North Jersey without a balcony, that's tough.
There are no bonsai nurseries in your area that I know of. However, try Metropolitan Plant Exchange in Fort Lee. They undoubtedly sell Ficus, and what we call mallsai (starters in bonsai pots).
You do need to contact the Bergen Bonsai Society. http://www.bergenbonsai.netfirms.com/index.html
Also, if you can travel at all, get to the Philadelphia Flower Show beginning of March. Look for Meehan's Miniatures, & there will be others selling indoor bonsai.
Jack Wikle can tell you how to grow indoor bonsai year round, but you will need fluorescent lights.
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has a very old bonsai collection.
Iris

thanks iris,

i will try Metropolitan Plant Exchange first

The best tropical place in the northern us by my opinion is http://www.jimsmithbonsai.com/ he has the largest selection I have ever seen on tropicals another good place is http://www.greenthumbbonsai.com/

between a ficus and a bougainvillea, which one will grow better in an apartment?

Surely it is a Ficus. Buganvillea needs some direct sunlight for flowering.

Cosmos