From the Phoenix Bonsai Society's FAQ page:

Check also the various import stores, Oriental markets, and
thrift shops. Many of our members have been pleasantly surprised by the
occasional "diamond in the rough" discovered at these kinds of places.
Finally, consider these traditional American (if somewhat
heretical) alternatives if your trees are anywhere from just dug to a
ways to go before you would consider them ready for formal display:
ceramic food serving trays, wooden packing crates or oak whiskey barrel
halves, the ubiquitous orange Italian clay flower pots, some of the less
ornate Mexican clay flower pots, thrift store-found ceramic pots, partly
hollowed-out pieces of pumice rock or slabs of slate, metal or plastic
oil pans or mortar-mixing bins, and even large plastic mixing bowls or
cut-down milk jugs. Very large specimens have even been known to get a
dedicated wheel barrow. All of these need to be given necessary
drainage holes before they can be used as half-way homes for your
potential masterpieces.

Cordially,

Robert J. Baran
outside of Kingman
Sunset Zone 10

Phoenix, AZ
Sunset Zone 13

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