{"id":7352,"date":"2010-05-15T09:42:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2010-05-15T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T16:42:13","slug":"outdoor-pots-the-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/outdoor-pots-the-pros-and-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Pots the Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/14376024@N00\/172595258\/\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/76\/172595258_d39874910e_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Terracotta Pots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Unglazed pots are porous allowing water and air to circulate.<\/li>\n<li>Evaporation keeps terracotta pots cool in summer.<\/li>\n<li> These type of pots\u00c2\u00a0 need more watering but are plant friendly.<\/li>\n<li> Pots are liable to be frost damaged and may crack and break unless they are protected in winter.<\/li>\n<li> Pots can get frozen to the ground and the bottom may then fall out if you move the pot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Metal Pots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Metal can be very stylish and has become a feature in some contemporary &#8216;designer&#8217; gardens.<\/li>\n<li> In sunny positions they can get far too hot and damage plant roots.<\/li>\n<li> Fake metal or internal insulation may be an alternative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Natural Wood Planters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> These containers blend well with plants and traditional locations.<\/li>\n<li> They are light, reasonably inexpensive and are not affected by frost.<\/li>\n<li> Some untreated wood pots are not very long lived<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plastic Pots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Good bad and ugly plastic pots are available.<\/li>\n<li> Recycled plastic made to look like stone or textured are very good from a distance.<\/li>\n<li> Resin is now used to fake the appearance and or age of pots.<\/li>\n<li> Plastic goes brittle over time due to UV light.<\/li>\n<li> I was nearly tempted to try a large fibreglass pot from our garden centre but the drainage didn&#8217;t look good enough<\/li>\n<li>White plastic discolours\u00c2\u00a0 and will not bleach clean.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Stone and Concrete Pots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The best pots in stately home gardens are those hewn from stone but &#8216;boy are they pricey&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li> You can make your own pots from a tufa mixture see <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/design\/grow-your-own-rocks\/\">Grow your own rocks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terracotta Pots Unglazed pots are porous allowing water and air to circulate. Evaporation keeps terracotta pots cool in summer. These type of pots\u00c2\u00a0 need more watering but are plant friendly. Pots are liable to be frost damaged and may crack and break unless they are protected in winter. Pots can get frozen to the ground and the bottom may then fall out if you move the pot. Metal Pots Metal can be very stylish and has become a feature in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/outdoor-pots-the-pros-and-cons\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}