New pot for procumbens rework

[october]

I posted this tree about a week ago. It was due for a new pot, which it now has. The tree is a bit out of the ordinary. Originally, it was a slant style where the trunk just continued to the right and up. However, with a slight rotation, it presented a new form. The top swings back and towards the viewer. It presents some different movement.

Rob

 

[davetree]

I like the bend at the top, it gives a nice little flair to the tree. Good work as always.

 

[Poink88]

Love the tree...the pot, not so much (sorry).

Because of the shape, it adds the feeling of instability to me especially since the tree is slanting. If you intend to create that feeling then you've got it...my heart races looking at it for some reason...could be good or bad.

 

[Nybonsai12]

really like the tree, the movement, the jins, the pot, ALL OF IT! Would look stunning in a display. Just wanna say thanks for sharing so many of your great looking trees. They give many of us something to aspire to.

 

[tmmason10]

Another beauty Rob. Great work.

 

[october]

really like the tree, the movement, the jins, the pot, ALL OF IT! Would look stunning in a display. Just wanna say thanks for sharing so many of your great looking trees. They give many of us something to aspire to.

Thank you very much Ny. About 6 years ago, this tree was a half dead, sparse foliage mess at the nursery. It has come along way.

Rob

 

[october]

Love the tree...the pot, not so much (sorry).

Because of the shape, it adds the feeling of instability to me especially since the tree is slanting. If you intend to create that feeling then you've got it...my heart races looking at it for some reason...could be good or bad.

Thanks Poink. I understand your critique. .There are aesthetic reasons for this composition. Feminine trunked trees with subtle movement usually go into round pots. Rectangular shapes would be a bit too masculine to accommodate the tree. Also, the composition is balanced by planting the tree all the way to the left of the pot since the movement is to the right. The swooping back of the top also provides counter balance. A bigger pot might accommodate the silhouette better, however, not the trunk. If anything, the pot could actually be smaller in relation to the trunk. However, finding a happy medium is the best course of action. All in all, slant trees sometimes do have an unstable look. Some exceptions are forest plantings. Where the pot is meant to accommodate a whole landscape so there is enough visual mass to support everything.

I will say that this is not a fancy pot. Just a regular round. This tree should be ready to show next year or the year after that. At which time, I will think about getting a more upscale pot.

Rob

 

[subnet_rx]

Yeah, I don't think it's the roundness of the pot, but rather the taper. Doesn't look like a solid base to me. On the other hand, slanting trees in nature give me the feeling that they are going to fall over at any point, so maybe an unstable looking base isn't a bad thing.