Choosing a Bonsai Pot

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More decisions!

This little boxwood is due to be repotted and I’d like to choose a pot more suited to the design. The tree will be planted at a new angle. The current pot is propped up in the image below to approximate this. Also shown are a range of pots that might be about the right size.

After looking at each one with the tree, I can eliminate some. This first one just seems too big:

I eliminated the next three because the color just didn’t seem right for the tree.

I keep feeling uncertain about the next, unglazed pot. I like the shape and size, but it’s just more suited to a conifer.

That gets me down to these three:

And, the winner is…

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