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If this was your tree what style and colour pot would you put in it?

Goff wrote:If this was your tree what style and colour pot would you put in it?

This is going to sound flippant, but I'd drop it in a collander and let you choose the colour.

Cheers,
Mojo

I would put it the garden for a year or 5 and then think about a pot . Maybe a nice cream one to match the bark.

To me pomegranates are all about the flowers and fruit. Since they are orange, I'd go with a beep blue or muted redish brown, and I'd go with an oval pot with a slight bulge to pick up the shape of the fruit. I'd go for an ornate foot as well.

Whether you put it in the ground is up to you. For the development of the tree it is the best option, but for your immediate enjoyment, the pot is fine. Just don't make it too small.

Something a bit like this?

Thanks andrew for your input. mojo I understand about putting it in the ground but most of my Trees are quite large I want a smaller one, Just refine it. With your comment about I should choose the colour myself, isn't this what this forum is all about to get help and opions. That's what I was looking for

I'd go round (I like round pots) I understand what people are saying about growing on the tree, but imo, you need some smaller stuff, and I've seen stuff like this look awesome with 2 yrs work in a bonsai pot. I'd go a cream colour, or as andrew says, something to reflect the colour of the fruit. I also think that it depends on what you can find pot wise.. I've seen some awesome ? shaped? not certain how to phrase it, round but shaped? ie sort of clover shaped, etc.. I'll look for a pic..

I would leave it in a slightly larger pot for the first couple of years to allow it to thicken at the base...

I've found a photo of a pot Like i was thinking of, but I also saw another pot that I think would look awesome... so a suggestion is to google bonsai pot (put a colour in if you like) in images.. and look...

Just refine it. With your comment about I should choose the colour myself, isn't this what this forum is all about to get help and opions. That's what I was looking for[/quote]

Good on you Goff, I like you have been accused of asking dumb questions but other members have got to realize that we all have not got the same experience and foresight as to what looks good, as far as I am concerned the only dumb question is the one not asked and if you don`t like them just ignore them.
I agree most fruiting trees look good in glazed pots, creamy/white would look good.

I think the pot Paddles has shown would suit the tree when it is in flower. It does need a little more branching to fill it out though and it will need a bit of growing space to do this. Maybe overpot it in a larger bonsai pot (like the one Paddles displayed) and you can get the best of both worlds.

I like the thought of an Orange tinge to the glaze as was mentioned, but a Cream or Grey oval would be nice for the bark too

I assume mojo was inferring that the colour of the colander makes no difference as he would not be putting in a pot at all.
We all know the standard response to smaller undeveloped trees and Redoggy fairly well summed that up

Have you thought to try and do something with the long straight section of trunk above the first 2 branches? It is quite similar diameter to the lover section, and there are a few branches near the top of it. can you cut it back some to shorten that bit, and also to provide taper?

Ps I got my first Pommie this summer and was surprised by the flowers already. Has your flowered?
Ken

reddoggy wrote:

Goff wrote:Just refine it. With your comment about I should choose the colour myself, isn't this what this forum is all about to get help and opions. That's what I was looking for

Good on you Goff, I like you have been accused of asking dumb questions but other members have got to realize that we all have not got the same experience and foresight as to what looks good, as far as I am concerned the only dumb question is the one not asked and if you don`t like them just ignore them.
I agree most fruiting trees look good in glazed pots, creamy/white would look good.

Yes good on you Goff. It is not even about how much experience we have is is about tunnel vision that there is only one way to go and how could you be so silly to not be thinking like me.

All bonsai do not have to be large or fat although many seem to think that is the only style of bonsai at the moment. I see a nice tree developing from this. Luke reminded me of Peter Krebs' website the other day and for a pomegranate it is hard to go past a daring blue pot like one of these
http://www.bonsaipots.net/index.php?pag ... ted-pots-1
I think all of these are big trees and it may be harder to pull off with a smaller tree but I would be searching for a small pot like one of these. Might have to go for rectangular but round might work as well

Hey Goff,

If it was my tree I would go with a simple pot like this... Or this... An oval or soft rectangular cream pot that had a rim could also work but your tree doesn't have the prescence to pull off the cream pot posted earlier in this thread. A red pot similarly would not be the best choice as it would compete or even clash with the blooms and fruit. A deeper pot would be better for the health of the tree tho you could get away with a shallower pot that was a bit bigger than the canopy.

I look forward to seeing what pot you eventually find for your tree.

Matt

MattA wrote:Hey Goff,

If it was my tree I would go with a simple pot like this...

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Or this...

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An oval or soft rectangular cream pot that had a rim could also work but your tree doesn't have the prescence to pull off the cream pot posted earlier in this thread. A red pot similarly would not be the best choice as it would compete or even clash with the blooms and fruit. A deeper pot would be better for the health of the tree tho you could get away with a shallower pot that was a bit bigger than the canopy.

I look forward to seeing what pot you eventually find for your tree.

Matt

I agree a lot with what you have said here Matt, and I did see similar pots in cream, that I felt would look awesome with the tree, however personal taste also plays a part... I like pots like the one I posted (not everyone does,) I really like the second pot you have posted (maybe in a cream tho)

isn't it amazing how you can enter the same search terms and not come up with the same results... I saw a pot that I thought would look good, elegant simplicity... can't find it now...

Ken i have had no flowers but i have been pinching the new grow. I think that would stop it flowering..maybe?? I really like the last pot paddles posted.

Mojo Moyogi wrote:

Goff wrote:If this was your tree what style and colour pot would you put in it?

This is going to sound flippant, but I'd drop it in a collander and let you choose the colour.

Cheers,
Mojo

Goff wrote:Thanks andrew for your input. mojo I understand about putting it in the ground but most of my Trees are quite large I want a smaller one, Just refine it. With your comment about I should choose the colour myself, isn't this what this forum is all about to get help and opions. That's what I was looking for

Hi Goff.
Ok if it were mine, which I think is they key phrase here, and what was asked in the 1st place, a blue collander to compliment the orange the flowers that I wouldn't be allowing it to have because I would be developing the trees structure, improving it's taper and making a lot of other design decisions before bothering about a bonsai pot. Whether or not that advice is going to suit your own situation, depends on a large array of variables (a prominent one being personal preference) that I have no control over. Criticism of your tree. Hardly. Helpful. Hope so, but you play as much a part in determining that as anyone. Was I 100% sure that dozens of members were going to take what you asked and give you great advice on what colour and shape of bonsai pot would suit a Pomegranate. Absolutely. So I offered what I knew was plan B.

Because this forum is all about giving help and getting options.

Cheers,
Mojo

P.S. Incidentally, as well as speeding up development more that a bonsai pot would, I've discovered thatuse of collanders or pond baskets plays a part in preparing a desirable fine root mass in preparation for life in a bonsai pot.

Not sleeping Moj? All very valid points, and yes, this is what the forum is about. If an opinion is asked it should be accepted, even if it is not what we want to hear.