I've bought decent plastic pots in GCs before. My favourites are a large terracotta look alike with a scrolled decoration and two others which look like patinated copper. Light to move, frost proof and lasting well after about 10 years.
You can sometimes get special offfers at the end of season as GCs clear stock to make way for Xmas displays.
If you do buy terracotta, it helps to paint it with a clear acrylic varnish in up to 3 coats (not more as it goes filmy) to reduce water absorption and then stand them on pot feet t help drainage. I would still remove them to a frost free place for winter.
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What a response,thank-you all,I have spent in the past fortunes on all kinds of planters in the belief they would last and be frost proof,I have been deeply disappointed,I have found that the plastic pots are the best they are frost free don't break last for years and you can paint with a masonary paint in a colour of your choice or Cuprinol Shades.
I am sure when Monty Don first introduced these large pots he said they were not expensive,I have asked Gardners World about the pots in an e-mail, if would ask Monty Don directly as he only knows the real answer.
I am going to look into some of your kind helpful ideas of places to buy,I am not sure what CS is?
keep scrolling - the terracotta ones are near the end - I got it from Notcutts in their sale and with my Sage card on a double discount day, think it worked out at around £40 - 50 ish.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a feeling Monty said he'd picked up those pots in some bargain clearance or garage sale or something, and I remember thinking, "Wow, he was lucky!". The nearest I've found to that sort of bargain was in a closing-down sale at a GC, but the pots I got were not nearly as big as that.
Look out for garden or garage sales, maybe car boot sales, because stuff like that can turn up in house clearances etc. But if you're looking for them new, it'll cost you!
I must say I am not adverse to re-cycled pots from sales or anywhere else,you can never find when your looking,only find when not looking,I had been thinking about the weight ,when as above KT53 in post the same thoughts, how heavy they would be should you want to move them,even if they were plastic probably not a good idea,had another idea,seen some coloured plastic dustbins guaranteed for 15years against weather conditions very cheaply priced,worth a thought,use some vision.
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I've bought decent plastic pots in GCs before. My favourites are a large terracotta look alike with a scrolled decoration and two others which look like patinated copper. Light to move, frost proof and lasting well after about 10 years.
You can sometimes get special offfers at the end of season as GCs clear stock to make way for Xmas displays.
If you do buy terracotta, it helps to paint it with a clear acrylic varnish in up to 3 coats (not more as it goes filmy) to reduce water absorption and then stand them on pot feet t help drainage. I would still remove them to a frost free place for winter.
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What a response,thank-you all,I have spent in the past fortunes on all kinds of planters in the belief they would last and be frost proof,I have been deeply disappointed,I have found that the plastic pots are the best they are frost free don't break last for years and you can paint with a masonary paint in a colour of your choice or Cuprinol Shades.
I am sure when Monty Don first introduced these large pots he said they were not expensive,I have asked Gardners World about the pots in an e-mail, if would ask Monty Don directly as he only knows the real answer.
I am going to look into some of your kind helpful ideas of places to buy,I am not sure what CS is?
Thanks again for all your responses.
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I had some vouchers for a big birthday and bought a big square terracotta pot for my fig from this range
http://www.apta.co.uk/sales/customer_brochure/2014/Apta%20Brochure%202014.pdf
keep scrolling - the terracotta ones are near the end - I got it from Notcutts in their sale and with my Sage card on a double discount day, think it worked out at around £40 - 50 ish.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a feeling Monty said he'd picked up those pots in some bargain clearance or garage sale or something, and I remember thinking, "Wow, he was lucky!". The nearest I've found to that sort of bargain was in a closing-down sale at a GC, but the pots I got were not nearly as big as that.
Look out for garden or garage sales, maybe car boot sales, because stuff like that can turn up in house clearances etc. But if you're looking for them new, it'll cost you!
Most of the pots in the Apta range are guaranteed against frost damage for 10 years.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It would take 2 people to lift some of the terracotta pots empty. Trying to move one when planted up would be nigh on impossible without a crane!
I must say I am not adverse to re-cycled pots from sales or anywhere else,you can never find when your looking,only find when not looking,I had been thinking about the weight ,when as above KT53 in post the same thoughts, how heavy they would be should you want to move them,even if they were plastic probably not a good idea,had another idea,seen some coloured plastic dustbins guaranteed for 15years against weather conditions very cheaply priced,worth a thought,use some vision.