Pots

not so much unusual but last year I had so much trouble from rabbits 'Heading for Oz' in them that this year I put I put the smallest of the set of pots onto the largest and have been really suprised at the lovely effects and also that they seem to cope better with the drought ( and-- would you know it --- less rabbits !!)

hi heron , i have planted my old weelbarrow from the stables lol .its got a flat tire. so hard to move, but it looks pretty gud.

Hi heron...I am also effected by the hose pipe ban (liverpool) and i have lots of pots and baskets to keep alive, wish me luck :)

The most unusual thing i have used as a planter has to be a old terracotta jug that belonged to my friend who sadly passed away last year.
We were sorting out her things and I came across the old jug, nobody else seemed to want it as it is quite bright and tacky looking but it just stood out to me as its brightness reminds me of her and i feel its more quirky than tacky.
Anyway I planted a small fushia in it and its taking pride of place in my garden, for spring im planning on planting mini daffs in it. Its my small way to remember my friend and watching the fushia grow and come into bloom makes me feel like she is still with us x

My Belfast sink is my fav planter and plain Terracotta. The trouble with pots is the frost, some survive some dont and I dont know which ones till they are damaged. I do like a thick pot for plants as I found in the thin one such as tin the plants dont do so well. Also I never expect any plant to be in a container for more than 2 years also I like to ring the changes so 2 years is my limit and then they go in the garden and I have something else.

I don't have any unusual pots as such, but my garden is all pots. I have a yard, so pots, containers and hanging baskets aplenty...:o) It takes about an hour to water them, but luckily no hosepipe ban here as yet..... One of our GOY friends has a lovely display of hostas in a wheelbarrow which looks great, sadly I can't remember which member it is, (it's an age thing)...:o)

Three Belfast sinks and an assortment of terracotta, and a birdcage are in my garden. With the hosepipe ban it takes twice as long to water them, will have to come up with a solution soon .........

Lpooldarlin, you hear about jugs like that on the Antiques Road Show lol

haha can you imagine...would just be my luck to have a priceless artifact getting weather warn in the front garden for years and not knowing about it....almost tempted to run out now and check for markings :) x

Oh well if it's not worth a penny it's a nice way to remember your friend.

I have 5 head planters. I use plants to resemble all kinds of hairstyles. Succulents are my favorite. Herbs do good too, along with vines. Conversations with friends can be really funny to say the least. Once I figure how to post pictures, I'll post them on the 'container garden' blog.

Looking forward to seeing them Southerngal...:o)

I've planted some lettuce in a cd rack - looks better than it sounds lol, will post pic tomorrow.

thats interesting put a pic on please

Hi Cristina, forgot all about doing that! I've just posted two pics on my homepage.