I ve had my chimney pots fourty years and put ten inch flower pots in them just right to fit snug I put small conifers in until they get too big and trailing plants each side ive painted them white they are in my open porch ive had many remarks over the years and they can be moved and watered
One of the pots isnt straight at the bottom too - bits seem to have broken off leaving a jagged irregular bottom to it so I will have to bury it a few inches into the soil in a border as it wouldn't support itself otherwise. Can't see a way of levelling the bottom edge easily.
I have just 'planted' an old Victorian pot in my
garden.It was damaged when it was
removed so it too had an irregular base.I broke up a piece of concrete paving and wedged the pieces under the
areas where there were gaps.This put it
into a reasonably vertical potion.To
finalise it I filled around the pot with fine potting grit and then gave the
pot a few shakes so that the grit would fill any gaps below.I did this until the pot was in a good vertical
position and then I covered the grit with soil from the hole that I had dug to
contain the lower part of the pot; tamping it all down securely.
This is meant to be a permanent fixture and so I will fill
the pot with compost and plant it up when I have decided which plants to use.
Hi horrocks that is a good solution. I think the quote and you have had a mixed moment, the smaller writing is yours? I had a similar problem when I joined, still do at times.
We will need pictures when you do plant it up. I have seen one of the shorter smaller clematis used to good effect. Something I would like to do if I only had a chimney pot
Well, don't do what I did a few years ago. Found a lovely old chimney pot in a skip, asked permission to take it and stood it outside our front door. Planted a bay tree in it and trained it into a standard. When we came to move later on of course, it had rooted into the soil so I had to leave both bay and pot behind, much to my sorrow. It's still there though, although the house has been sold on several times.
My chimney pot serves three purposes. There's a tree stump in the front lawn which I kept tripping over, until I thought of standing the chimney pot over it. The previous residents left behind a very nice ornamental pot with matching saucer. The saucer fits the top of the chimney pot perfectly, and the pot is planted with small flowering shrubs, bulbs and trailing ivy for an all year round display. And no-one can see that, under that pot and saucer, I'm using the chimney pot as a compost bin.
Hi my Wisteria (not flowering, only once 2 yrs ago & is grafte is fully planted in a tall old Terracotta chimney pot. I put polystyrene in the bottom as advised by your team so it's not too heavy. I have 2 other tall chimney pots with tall grasses in but these are in pots which fit the top of the chimney perfectly....much easier!
Do you think the reason my Wisteria isn't flowering is because it's fully planted in the chimney??I have only moved it once since we bought it 2 years ago. We bought a Patio Wisteria last year called Amethyst Falls and it is fab. Flowers much fatter than usual Wisterias. It is grafted and flowers and goes into leaf at the same time. Amethyst Falls
I think a wisteria needs a lot more root space than a chimney pot can offer.
I would find a suitable site, prepare the area well incorporating some organic material, grit and Fish Blood and Bone, and plant it into the ground ASAP and water it well . It will be much much happier. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I ve had my chimney pots fourty years and put ten inch flower pots in them just right to fit snug I put small conifers in until they get too big and trailing plants each side ive painted them white they are in my open porch ive had many remarks over the years and they can be moved and watered
I think the quote and you have had a mixed moment, the smaller writing is yours?
I had a similar problem when I joined, still do at times.
We will need pictures when you do plant it up.
I have seen one of the shorter smaller clematis used to good effect. Something I would like to do if I only had a chimney pot
offer.
I would find a suitable site, prepare the area well incorporating some organic material, grit and Fish Blood and Bone, and plant it into the ground ASAP and water it well . It will be much much happier. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.