Growing Cherry Trees Indoors: Suitable Varieties for Bonsai

Can cherry trees live indoors?

Indoor-Suitable Cherry Varieties

Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) – Subtropical evergreen with dark green paired leaves, striking red exfoliating bark. Spring white flowers followed by edible red fruit. Popular landscape tree in southern North America; thrives as bonsai indoors.

Barbados Cherry (Malpighia pendiculata) – Edible fruit variety native to St. Croix, Trinidad, and Curaçao.

Traditional Cherry Bonsai

Standard cherry bonsai prefer Midwest/South climates with moist springs/falls and long, cool winters—not typical indoor conditions.