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Plastic containers
I was at a GC the other day and saw plastic containers, black or grey jobs in designer/garden room - type shapes. They were about £30-40 each.
The larges (huge) and most expensive flowerpot shaped ones were a maximum of £15 and came in black as well.
Is it just the fashionable shape or is there something special about them?
They actually appeared to be more brittle than the cheapos.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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I think they are even more expensive in France. When I go to England I find there is a much better choice of all pots, except terracotta, and the prices are better.
I prefer the pottery or terracotta pots, bit I was amazed at the price of a bit of moulded plastic.
The local poundstretcher had some lovely ones that looked like glazed pots and some really large terracotta effect ones, all around a fiver. Though they might have a bit shorter life than some, it is nice to be able to have spares, so that you can plant up seasonal pots and get them established, before you bring them into the limelight, and without having to turf out the previous occupants first
I like the plastic, or is it resin, ones that look like terracotta. Long lasting, not too heavy to move, don't crack up in the frost (as a lot of the French ones do), need less watering - but quite expensive. They seem to have stopped selling them here. I had a look in the GC and all the new pots seem to be bright pink, purple, lime green or black, very stark lines. Didn't like them.
Pansy, most of them were just cubes. I can see your point about production costs but £40??
Like this BL
I got three of these for £30 a couple of years ago on a 3 for 2 offer. They're pretty good - and I reckon they'll last well - better than terracotta ones. Lighter to shift around too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes Fairygirl
There will always be people with more money than sense, or at least more money than time, who will simply buy whatever they like, whenever they see it. If money isn't your limiting factor, then why waste time, from that perspective, shopping around for a cheaper solution.
I'm not in that position myself, but I think that's probably the mentality.
Gosh you were lucky aym280 - just happened to be in the right place at the right time didn't you. We have been fortunate in getting some of our second hand pots - been given them or got them relatively cheaply. I love terracotta pots, but I have strained my back (10 days ago & still in agony) from lifting a couple of heavy terracotta pots in our garden. That said - terracotta do look so authentic.
I put ordinary plastic pots inside attractive ceramic or terracotta ones so I don't need to water so often and the plants look much better in the attractive pots.