Garden Pots – Garden Containers, Flower Pots and Planters

Executive Summary by: Colin Clifford

Garden Pots: There are many reasons for growing plants in garden containers, flower pots and planters. Plants grown in garden containers are portable, and to many people this is big advantage. Using garden pots and containers it is possible to plant a whole garden that can be rearranged to suit the flowering patterns of the plants.

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Potted plants are totally depended on you for their water and nutrition. First the plants. Trees prefer large pots, and the larger garden tubs would be more appropriate for the larger varieties.

Most annuals are suitable for garden pots, containers, and planters, some particularly attractive choices being petunia, tobacco plant (nicotiana) with its wonderful smell, and begonias. Cigar Plants (cuphea) love lots of sun and have unusual flowers.

Garden pots, containers, and planters are an attractive and very practical way of decorating your garden, patio or conservatory, and a little bit of imagination can work wonders.

Garden Pots Tips – Choosing & Using Pots in the Garden

Executive Summary by: Daniel Sykes

• Ceramic plant pots

Since it is quite large and heavy, you can of course buy a pot mover (which is a board on wheels) to move them around the garden when looking for a shady spot for your plant on a hot summer’s day.

• Fibre-glass/poly resin pots

Fibre-glass/poly resin garden pots are made to look like traditional stone urns or lead cisterns. The ageing process will eventually make lower-priced fibre-glass/poly resin pots look cheap & tatty.

• Plastic pots

Please remember that plant pots stood outside on a hot summer’s day can cause the roots to boil thus impeding the plant’s health or killing it. Stone urns

Stone urns conjure up the garden scenes from the days of colonialism and are suitable for decorating mature city gardens and country gardens alike.

• Terracotta pots

Remember terracotta pots need watering every day in dry weather and plastic garden pots need to be kept out of the hot sun. Choose plants accordingly.

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