Bonsai pot is a very influential part of the bonsai composition as a whole. Like a stage, the bonsai pots are where our trees shine. Thus, finding a suitable bonsai pots for our bonsai trees is indeed a very influential task.
The choosing of the pot is very important because it is supposed to provide the viewer a chance to imagine the potted plant growing in its natural setting. We must totally know the importance of bonsai pots in the art of bonsai. Without a well-suited bonsai pots, the bonsai will not look natural or in balance. Selecting the wrong pot, even though it contains a fine miniature tree, will be ugly to the eye and senses, and it will lose the harmony. The main character is the tree and the bonsai pot should not take away the attention from the bonsai tree.
When finding a bonsai pot, one should bear in mind three important points. 1) The association between the size of the bonsai tree and the size of the pot, and 2) the relationship between the color of the tree and the color of the pot, and 3) the bonding between the shape of the bonsai tree and the shape of the pot. You will not be able to form a bonsai with harmony if you don’t thoughtfully bear in mind these three units when choosing your bonsai pot.
In addition, when we pick our pots, we should always think about safety. What we mean by safety is the drainage hole. Without a drainage hole, the roots of our bonsai plant will be drowned by overwatering in the Chinese bonsai pots. So, it is very influential for the container to have holes on the base that let excess water to drain without difficulty.