For those of you who pick a tree for the pot, what would you do with this? Its odd color but I really like it, so I bought it.
I love mountain ash,
Sorbus sp or hybrids, nice white flower in spring and bright orange to red fruit in autumn. I do not know if
Sorbus will easily accept semi-cascade styles.
The shape of the pot, with its depth would most often be used with a semi-cascade, meaning at least one branch descends below the rim of the pot but terminates above the feet of the pot.
The soft color of the pot would work well for many, many trees. The shape of the pot really suggests that one of the better uses would be a semi-cascade. One could use it for an upright style. Look at the curve of the outside edge of the pot, if an upright tree is used, it should have a complementing curve to the trunk, or an arching shape. But generally a semi-cascade would be a better match.
Tree species that do semi-cascade well,
Chaenomeles - flowering quince,
Malus - flowering crab apples,
Satsuki azaleas,
Serissa,
Ulmus - elms, Ficus,
Diospyros-Persimmons, and many, many more. These were the ones that sprang to mind.