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How would one correctly use a green bonsai pot?

13 years ago

To me, most green pots are hard to work with just because of their color. Most pots that are green are (dark olive green) that's the best I can describe. Most color pairs(tree and pot) will clash, yes? How can this be overcome?

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head_cutter
13 years ago
Hmmmmm...right off the top of my head...

Don't buy a green pot??
larke
13 years ago
Either find a tree that's a definitively different green (much lighter, with no blue in the green), or one that matches very well when leaves have matured (usually lighter color when juvenile), or ... buy a pot to match a tree instead of the other way around. You could use it for suiseki - a really terrific rock on gravel - no tree at all.

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