Poundshop Pots and Cheap Pots

I am an extravagant shopper throwing my pounds away on all sorts of garden related offers.

This plastic pot was only £1 and I wish I had bought several more. It was probably designed as a holder for 5 individual pots.
I drilled holes in the bottom and using well drained but moisture retentive compost I planted it up with these miniature Hostas. It will keep the slugs at bay and provide a home for the Hostas to increase in size. Fortunately I had some red alpine grit to decorate the top and it looks OK with the terracotta plastic colour.

I could have put gravel or Hortag in the bottom and used it for pot plants but I would probably have let them get waterlogged.

Warning on Cheap Pots

• Make sure there is enough drainage. Pots sometimes have too few holes or none at all.
• Pottery pots may not be frost proof and even terracotta pots and earthen ware may crack and split in freezing weather.
• Ceramic pots need to have been fired at high temperatures (expensive energy) or they will chip and have a short life.
• Cheap plastic pots may be made from thin material that flexes, cracks and distorts when full of wet compost

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