POTS,TUBS AND BARRELS: ORNAMENTAL AND FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS FOR YOUR GARDEN

The total area of your garden might span three acres of rural Andalusian countryside, or perhaps a more simple five metre balcony above the atmospheric cobbled streets of Marbella’s old town. Notwithstanding Notwithstanding its size, shape or location, any garden can benefit from the installation of ceramic pots and wooden tubs overflowing with colourful flowers and interesting green leaves. Even if you have a multitude of large earthy flower beds just clamouring to be filled with bedding plants, you can still utilise containers made from a variety of materials to add additional dimensions to your outdoor spaces.
Pots full of blossoming petals or ferns are always pleasing to the eye and the benefits of using a movable receptacle is the ability to move a display into a new or more ideal position. The height of each individual pot also provides flexibility and variation, as plants set in large tall containers will provide contrast with smaller containers in the vicinity. In addition, positioning pots to stand on an upturned box, garden chair or wall, rather than on the ground, adds additional surface levels for floral displays and this is particularly useful when working with smaller gardens as it helps the space appear to be bigger.
Every potential plant potter should gain as much advice as possible when buying bulbs, seedlings or packets of seeds. A plant’s environment will determine how well it thrives: moisture, shade and sunshine can work both positively or negatively and need to be considered carefully for each plant before they are finally placed in the garden, as the exact requirements of different species vary greatly.