Photinia Pink Marble - Pot-grown trees
Hello, I'm new here and new to gardening generally. I just bought two pink marble photinias that have been grown in pots in a tree shape. I was planning to put them in two pots I have by my front door. They have arrived and are a little bigger than expected - in their pots, floor to tip they are about 5 feet tall. The pots themselves are maybe around 25cm across the top.
The pots I'd planned to put them in are about 28cm or so and I now wonder if they'd be too small. I don't particularly want the trees to grow any bigger anyway, so is that ok or too small? I don't intend to ever plant them out but rather keep them in pots for as long as I can keep them alive!
If anyone could give me an answer in the next half an hour or so it would be much appreciated as I was going to pot them this afternoon and if I need to go buy more pots I'll have to go soon!
I also would like any advice anyone could offer on keeping them alive as long as possible! thanks!
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They will be fine in the pots they arrived in until you decide how big a pot you want to pot them into. Pick a pot 2 inches bigger than the root ball, this will give them room to grow and settle in.
Thanks everyone! Going to transfer some other plants into the 28cm ones, leaving some bigger ones free for these!