名媛直播

I'm rather new to 名媛直播 (I've tried growing one years ago and it didn't last long before it died - I blame the cat who liked to nibble on my tree), but I have always dreamed of having a 名媛直播 forest. I know, big project for a beginner
The thing is, I'm not the best at picking out which plants are best for a space. I live in an apartment right now that gets very little light or fresh air. I want to plant and grow my dream bonsai forest with at least three different types of tree (like a real forest would have), but I know soil, watering and light are all important factors for picking the right bonsai to mix together in my mini forest. Can you help?
Oh! I should probably tell you the look I'm going for right? Don't want you to put all this effort into helping me find the perfect forest mix only to find out we have two different ideas on what a forest is! The best description I can give it that I want this to look more like a naturally grown mini forest.
Can you please help me find the best three trees for my mini forest? Low light is the real struggle here... (and finding trees that will get along!)

look for trees that are native to your area that's your best bet.
i personal have never seen a bonsai forest with multiple species in it.

hnewman125 wrote: I live in an apartment right now that gets very little light or fresh air. I want to plant and grow my dream bonsai forest with at least three different types of tree

Forget about it. You need to grow this outdoors.

Also bonsai forests do not consist of multiple different species.

Auk wrote: Also bonsai forests do not consist of multiple different species.

Auk, usually not, but I've seen good examples in Japan with multiple species in a forest. I guess it was much more common in the past, now it's becoming more difficult to find them.
But...
You are right, trying to grow a forest indoors is the key to great frustration.

Some examples from the Internet:

At the convention in Asheville there were two with multiple species, and Bjorn liked them. One had maples on the right, with four dead ones standing and one fallen. The dead ones were not designed in, but had died and not been replaced.

Outside in the permanent exhibition there was a forest about three feet long with several species.

I didn't particularly like them. It seemed to me that it was too much mixing of ideas. But, just my opinion.

Clicio wrote: Some examples from the Internet:

Thanks. You are totally right.

However:

I would still not mix them (personally):
- It's hard to make look right; it won't be easy to make it look natural (unless maybe when you have a very big forest).
- Many different species will soon look messy
- Different species may have different requirements. I would certainly not mix maples and junipers.

The second picture imho is an example where it just doesn't work. The biggest tree would be the 'parent' of the smaller trees that are surrounding it. Using a different species for it doesn't look right. Same for picture 3 I think. Picture 1 works, but that's more of a penjing.