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When I go to a nursery sometimes I see plants that are a species I know could be made into bonsai, it has the correct scientific name, like Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis', but the label also calls it a Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress, for example.

In general, are 'dwaft' plants as suitable as their regular sized alternatives for bonsai, or do they have limited grow rates and trunk size and so on?

Thank you!

I prefer the regular version. The dwarfs grow too slow to get any progress on your trees. Unless you go for the mame or shohin, where dwarfs might be usefull (But do check whether they are grafted or on their own roots)

RyanPine wrote: When I go to a nursery sometimes I see plants that are a species I know could be made into bonsai, it has the correct scientific name, like Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis', but the label also calls it a Dwarf Hinoki Falsecypress, for example.

In general, are 'dwaft' plants as suitable as their regular sized alternatives for bonsai, or do they have limited grow rates and trunk size and so on?

Thank you!

A dwarf variety is not necessarily a very small tree, it's just a smaller version of a bigger tree.
So yeah, you can grow decent trunks in some cases. You already mentioned Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'), but there are more that are used frequently, like Juniperus Procumbens nana, Punica granatum var. nana, and Betula nana. Dwarf species however often grow much slower and not all are very suitable. Ulmus Parvifolia Hokkaido for example is considered 'too small for common size bonsai'.