I am looking for that Lake Tahoe look in my back yard. What type of trees would look good and work good in a 2x2x2 wood planter?
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Can't really answer that question without knowing where you are, what zone you are gardening in, and what sun exposure the little tree might get. For a planter like that a shrub might be a better fit than tree and there's some nice ones. Answer the above questions and we will try to give some suggestions!
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Not a bad suggestion above, what you are thinking about in a way is a very big bonsai
I'm not entirely sure what the picture you have in your mind is, when you say you want it to look like Lake Tahoe, but the trees of Lake Tahoe (one of the most beautiful places in the world!) are mainly conifers: pines, firs, juniper, cedar, with some willow, alder, and aspen thrown in. Most of the conifers there grow to be 60 - 200 feet tall.
You can't have that in your container! But you could have a dwarf evergreen that would be proportionately sized to your container. Fir, cedar, cypress, juniper, larch, pine, spruce, arborvitae, and even giant sequoia are available in dwarf versions.
This is a link to a nursery that specializes in dwarf conifers, just so you can see pictures of what different ones look like and some information about what conditions they need:
https://www.singtree.com/Dwarf%20Conifers.cfm
Hope this helps some as a starting point.
I'm not entirely sure what the picture you have in your mind is, when you say you want it to look like Lake Tahoe, but the trees of Lake Tahoe (one of the most beautiful places in the world!) are mainly conifers: pines, firs, juniper, cedar, with some willow, alder, and aspen thrown in. Most of the conifers there grow to be 60 - 200 feet tall.
You can't have that in your container! But you could have a dwarf evergreen that would be proportionately sized to your container. Fir, cedar, cypress, juniper, larch, pine, spruce, arborvitae, and even giant sequoia are available in dwarf versions.
This is a link to a nursery that specializes in dwarf conifers, just so you can see pictures of what different ones look like and some information about what conditions they need:
https://www.singtree.com/Dwarf%20Conifers.cfm
Hope this helps some as a starting point.