I have several Beech trees that I want to get ceramic pots for. What color and type pots are acceptable for Beech? Can they be shallow or should they be deeper? Suggestions and pictures would be appreciated. Thanks!
Beech pots
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
I think if you post some pictures of the trees you have in mind, some members will jump and do a pot proposals. The general for beech I would say, slightly deep as they drink a lot. But specifics depend on character of the tree itself, not only the species. But I think you know this?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I like that pale blue that I believe we seen a Mach5 maple in.
The one that plays with orange leaves well.
Sorce
The one that plays with orange leaves well.
Sorce
Leo in N E Illinois
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Beech are usually planted in wide pots but relatively shallow pots. Off the top of my head I would say they like a little depth to them, but I've seen exhibition photos of beech in very shallow pots.
production grade rectangle 13 x 9 x 3 inches, this shape would work, the color of the clay is wrong for beech.
old Japanese production grade - this may be excellent for a beech, but you can't have it, I got a ginkgo in it
Beigei - this is entirely too small for any but the smallest of beech, but if you could find a pot of similar shape and colors that was large enough, say 9 inches or more in length, this pot would look beautiful with any beech or maple in it.
If you can find a Clark Long pot, like this in a size large enough for a beech, even this could work. Though this particular pot is too small for beech, but there is no reason you need to stick to rectangular pots.
production grade rectangle 13 x 9 x 3 inches, this shape would work, the color of the clay is wrong for beech.
old Japanese production grade - this may be excellent for a beech, but you can't have it, I got a ginkgo in it
Beigei - this is entirely too small for any but the smallest of beech, but if you could find a pot of similar shape and colors that was large enough, say 9 inches or more in length, this pot would look beautiful with any beech or maple in it.
If you can find a Clark Long pot, like this in a size large enough for a beech, even this could work. Though this particular pot is too small for beech, but there is no reason you need to stick to rectangular pots.
Leo in N E Illinois
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Some example beeches, to see how other pot them
no pot, just a slab - by Alan Taft 2018
A pot that looks like a slab
simple round pot
Dark blue glazed oval - by Luis Vallejo 2015
Large, deep blue glaze oval, and a very young looking Bjorn Bjornholm, taken in Japan 2014, probably by Owen Reich or who ever was helping Bjorn with his blog.
some use very shallow pots - Trophy 2019, photo by Walter Pall
So you can see there are no defined limits. All these are beech, though mostly european or Japanese beech, but the horticulture of American beech is similar enough that what is done for one can be done for the other.
no pot, just a slab - by Alan Taft 2018
A pot that looks like a slab
simple round pot
Dark blue glazed oval - by Luis Vallejo 2015
Large, deep blue glaze oval, and a very young looking Bjorn Bjornholm, taken in Japan 2014, probably by Owen Reich or who ever was helping Bjorn with his blog.
some use very shallow pots - Trophy 2019, photo by Walter Pall
So you can see there are no defined limits. All these are beech, though mostly european or Japanese beech, but the horticulture of American beech is similar enough that what is done for one can be done for the other.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
I think brown, or beige, or Ivory suits the tree better, both in summer and in winter when the leaves still stick to the branches.
