Help from the Choipot

Pour trouver le pot adapté, il vous faut répondre aux questions suivantes :

1. What kind of tree is it?

2. What is the style of the tree?

3. What is the species of the tree?

4. What is the color of the flowers?

5. What color is the fruit?

6. What is the color of the leaves?

7. What is the particularity / color of the bark?

8. How tall is the tree?

9. What is the width of the antler?

10. What is the diameter of the base of the tree?

At the end of this questionnaire, the choipot provides you with 6 results specifying the characteristics that your pot will need.

Deciphering the results of the choipot

The tool: The choipot

1. What kind of tree is it?

Masculine: the masculine side of a tree is often associated with conifers, but this is not necessarily a generalization. The masculine side is recognized for example by a powerful and imposing base, scars, important dead wood, a rough bark, a tortuous trunk which evokes a rough life.

Feminine: In contrast, a feminine tree is often associated with a deciduous tree. But a feminine tree is recognized by its fine and graceful movements, a slender bearing, a thin base, a smooth bark that will rather evoke refinement.

Neutral: we place in this category the trees which do not really have elements marking their masculine or feminine side.

2. What is the style of the tree?

There are 15 different styles. It's up to you to select the one that most closely matches your tree.

Source des illustrations
Merci à Oscar Jonker de « Bonsaï Empire » pour son accord pour l’utilisation des illustrations.

3. What is the species of the tree?

If you don't know the species of your tree, I can only encourage you to do some research.

4. What is the color of the flowers?

Please note! The color of the flowers is to be completed only if the flowers are noteworthy and you wish to base your display on them.

Par exemple, la couleur des fleurs d’Azalée seront à indiquer. Mais pour la couleur des fleurs d’un Acer, il faudra cocher « inintéressante ».

5. What color is the fruit?

Be careful! In the same way as for the flowers, it will be necessary to choose the color of the fruit if it is worthy of interest.

Par exemple, un Pyracantha avec ses baies orange pourra être intéressant. Il faudra donc choisir orange. A contrario, les fruits d’un Juniper ou d’une Azalée n’auront pas grand intérêt. Il faudra donc cocher « inintéressante ».

6. What is the color of the leaves?

Here the subjective side dominates, unlike flowers and fruits. You should indicate the color of the leaves if it is important to you in relation to the tree.

For an Acer, the choice will often be based on the color of the spring or fall leaves for example.

Dans le cas d’un Orme, certaines personnes apprécieront le vert des feuilles, il faudra alors cocher « verte ». D’autres les trouveront quelconques ou préfèreront exposer leur arbre l’hiver, il faudra alors cocher « inintéressante ».

7. What is the particularity / color of the bark?

Comme précédemment, si votre choix diffère de « quelconque », cela signifie que l’écorce de votre arbre est un de ses points forts, notamment pour le choix de son pot.

8. How tall is the tree?

This is where you measure the height of your tree, (height in cm and without decimals).

Special case: for waterfalls and semi waterfalls, take the total height of the tree.

9. What is the width of the antler?

As for the height, take the width of the branch in cm and without decimals.

Special case of forests and other compositions with several trunks: take the total width of the branch.

10. What is the diameter of the base of the tree?

La mesure du diamètre de la base est à prendre juste au-dessus du Nebari.

Source of the photo

Special case of forests and other compositions with several trunks: take the measurement on the father tree (the largest and dominant tree in the composition).

Deciphering the results

At the end of the questionnaire, the choipot gives you at least 6 answers, namely

• The shape of your pot: round, square, hexagonal, rectangle or oval
• The presence of a flange with sharp corners, a thin flange with broken corners or the absence of a flange and corners
• The texture of the pot: glazed, smooth raw, rough raw
• The color, whether enamel or clay
• The height of the pot given in cm
• The width of the pot given in cm

It is possible to obtain more than 6 answers. In fact, some results may be equal. It is then up to you to make your choice from the proposals made by the choipot.

Obviously, the results obtained are not binding and are not intended to represent the absolute truth! The tool simply aims to guide you in your choice of pot.