Reasonably priced patio planters

peachespeaches

Looking for quite a few of these. Dont mind ceramic or plastic. I have some lilies etc to plant and prefer them in tubs. Has anybody seen any going cheap?

4li5on

Poundland have some nice ones. I've just bought some for a couple of stray plants that needed gathering up.
Obviously, they aren't huge like you would get in a garden centre, but there's some decent size ones.
This one is probably about the biggest.
Well worth a look!

tenuissent

I have just bought some "self-watering" pots from Lidl, for £4 each (special offer), quite big. There is a water reservoir in the bottom, a perforated floor above it to hold the compost, and a wicking device to move water into the compost as needed.

If you google Earthbox, you will see the principle explained. Lidl seems to have produced something similar at a fraction of the price.

I have made an imitation earthbox myself, using two plastic crates and a lot of cross words. This Lidl version is cheaper than that, and saves you the trouble, and looks nicer.

tenuissent

http://www.homebrewpower.co.uk/html-grow-your-own/lidl-self-watering-balcony-flower-box.html

This shows the trough shape, but they do square ones on the same principle.

nic_santorini

morrisons still have their big £4 terracotta pots. I bought 6 of them and put them round the garden, they look fab.

ginvzt

These are the largest I found:

http://www.dobbies.co.uk/acatalog/info_1_ELHOCOXL3.html

I bought 90cm ones, an they were half price in the garden centre (£18 - I know, pricey, but I wanted the good sized ones, so I can plant some veggies. I have sown carrots in one of them now!)



Oh, and I bought some of these too - also half price:

peachespeaches

The poundland one looks about the right size, I will go and get some when I can brave the torment of Meadowhell. I will go to Morrisons or Lidl if I just cant bear it!

We dont have a poundLAND any nearer, but Im wondering if they will have some at poundWORLD as there is one nearby.