How Bonsai Pots Can Make Or Break A Trees Aesthetics

If you are planning to engage in the art of Bonsai, then you need to realize that choosing the right Bonsai pots is just as important as using the right trimming and re-potting techniques. Remember that there is more to Bonsai than simply planting a small tree in a pot. If you plan to grow your own Bonsai collection, then you will definitely have to give the containers you will use some serious thought.

Each of your Bonsai has to be planted and grown in a pot that matches it perfectly, which means that the design of the pot should complement the meaning and shape of each tree. To remain true to Bonsai tradition, your pots will have to harmonise with the entire garden theme as well.

How Bonsai Pots Control Growth Size

Have you noticed that regardless of how much you control the growth of your trees, there will always be some that are naturally more eye-catching than others? For example, the kind of shaping and pruning you do on a conifer specimen will not necessarily look as good when applied to a flowering species. Well, the same is true with the Bonsai pots that you use. A pot that makes one tree look magnificent will not necessarily make another look as good, which is why you really need to choose them carefully.

Quick Bonsai Pots Tips:

Here are some of the most important things to consider when choosing a container for your Bonsai:
> the final shape you expect your tree to have, including the final height, the angle of its main trunk, and the shape of its branches;
> the colors which you expect the wood, flowers, and leaves to exhibit throughout the year;
> the growth habit of the roots of a particular species; and
> any ornaments or stones you plan to place on the tray, including the placement, colors, sizes, and shapes.

Ceramic Bonsai Pot Houtoku Unglazed Oval – Brown 13.0″x9.5″x3.75″

Houtoku unglazed oval brown. 13.0″x9.5″x3.75″
List Price:
Price: 65.95

Ceramic Bonsai Pot – Oval Unglazed

Oval, unglazed, ceramic bonsai pot. Measures 6.5″x4.5″x2.125″
List Price:
Price: 8.95

Mica Bonsai Pot Rectangle 12.5″x9″x4″

Mica pot rectangle. Measures 12.5″x9″x4″.
List Price:
Price: 49.95

Hawaiian Umbrella Bonsai Tree – Lava Rock In Bonsai Pot (arboricola schefflera luseanne)

Real Hawaiian lava rock is hand selected to provide a happy home for your Schefflera Luseanne bonsai. Schefflera Luseanne are extra special, patented trees that stay smaller and more compact than the ordinary varieties. The roots grow through and over the lava rock and down into the soil. With reasonable care, your volcano bonsai should last for years.
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Price: 32.95

Ceramic Bonsai Pot – Land/Water with Scalloped Edges 12.0″ x 9.5″ x 3.0″

Imported, glazed Chinese ceramic land/water pot. Oval, Aztec Orange color with scalloped edges
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Price: 15.75

Ceramic Bonsai Pot – Rectangle 8″ x 6″ x 2.5″

Imported, glazed Chinese ceramic pot. Blue, rectangle.
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Price: 9.95

Remember that a single Bonsai can represent a wide variety of things, and the potting is an integral part of each representation, so choose your Bonsai Pots well.