Here is a list of suggested bonsai pot shapes for different style of bonsai trees. These are not strict rules, but good guidelines when choosing a bonsai pot for our bonsai tree.
| Bonsai Style – Formal Upright & Informal Upright Bonsai Pot Shape – Square, rectangle, oval, round |
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| Bonsai Style – Slanting Bonsai Pot Shape – Square, rectangle, oval, round, hexagonal, octagonal |
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| Bonsai Style – Semi-cascade Bonsai Pot Shape – Square, hexagonal, octagonal,deep square, deep hexagonal, deep octagonal |
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| Bonsai Style – Cascade Bonsai Pot Shape – Square, hexagonal, octagonal,deep square, deep hexagonal, deep octagonal |
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| Bonsai Style – Twin or Multi-Trunk Bonsai Pot Shape – Rectangle, oval, round |
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| Bonsai Style – Group or Forest Bonsai Pot Shape – Shallow rectangle, shallow oval, shallow round |
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Here are a few more articles on how to choose bonsai pots for our bonsai trees.
What Bonsai Pots for What Bonsai Trees?
Bonsai Pot – Get the Right Size for Our Tree
Bonsai Pots of Different Materials
Bonsai Pots of Different Shapes and Sizes
Is Your Bonsai Tree Ready for a Bonsai Pot?
Choosing Your Bonsai Pots
I was wondering which plants/trees work better in the trays? And, can you really make a “multi-trunked tree” Bonsai by cutting down a maple to just above the soil line & letting it do it’s thing, naturally? If so, when is the best time of year to do the cutting? Only ask, because I read/saw it in a book of Bonsai “short-cuts.”