Orientation of Jack Pine

[penumbra]

Sorry about the poor picture quality, but I just don't have the space right now to do it proper. So in the pot pictured, #1 picture shows plant as it is in plastic pot. I am good with that and even turning it a bit to take advantage of low point on pots rim. But when I stand the tree upright more, as in second picture, I actually like the pictures attitude and altitude better. I am going to let it rest a bit and would like other eyes. Thank you.

 

[Gran_Puma]

I think the second picture is the better orientation for the tree in that pot. More vertically and movement. I feel like in the first picture, the orientation and tree is asking for a smaller pot.

 

[penumbra]

I agree with you except that the orientation is all I am concerned with. I am going oversize on the pot because I want to grow it on a bit.

 

[Esolin]

I also think pic #2 has a better orientation. The upward, clockwise line of the trunk compliments the upward counterclockwise line of the pot's rim, creating a more circular composition that holds the viewer's eye better, imo.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

I can imagine the tree planted in the #2 orientation. When lower in the pot, with that bottom branch matching the contour of the pot lip, it would be a really cohesive pairing.

Personally, though, in these style ball/craggy pots I often dont like much verticality- i feel they are better treated as lower cascade style or more horizontal stylings.

 

[Shibui]

pic 2 is better but only because the pot is large and flatter so suits upright style tree. The 90 deg bend in the trunk is my only concern with an upright orientation.
Pic 1 is a great start to semi-cascade but would require a different shaped pot.
Both are legitimate options that will produce great trees IMHO

No problem planting one way our the other while it develops a bit more. Easy to change the planting angle and reorientate pine branching if you change your mind later.

 

[Tieball]

I’d go with the more upright position in photo number two. The tree shape seems to compliment the pot lip shape better. In photo one the pot and tree seem to fight. Just a question out of curiosity…..does the pot have an equal low and edge cut design the same on both sides? Both sides the same when looked at?

Photo one just looks like an awkward visual placement to me. The flow of the tree is stopped by the large wall of the pot.

 

[penumbra]

Just a question out of curiosity…..does the pot have an equal low and edge cut design the same on both sides? Both sides the same when looked at?

To some extent, yes. But this in type of pot asymmetry is given sway.

 

[penumbra]

No problem planting one way our the other while it develops a bit more. Easy to change the planting angle and reorientate pine branching if you change your mind later.

This is exactly my thought.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Tree could also be cascaded over low side of pot.