Where can I get big pots?

I'm looking for large pots, approx. 42" high but not more than 30" around. We found some great ones at a local wholesale pottery place, but they were $350 each and I need 5. I also need patio planters approx. 36" long X 16" high and wide. Does anyone know of a place I can get these for less? I just don't want to pay $3,000 for pots to line my driveway!

I wonder if the resin ones would last for several years outside?

Would appreciate your input.

Leslie

Sometimes you can get good deals at Tuesday Mornings. If you have them in your area. I've seen that size there.

Leslie, there are some relatively inexpensive black plastic pots that resemble a small barrel. I believe you might be able to find them at a place that does landscaping or sells shrubs and trees. They are tall, but not too wide across. It might be cheaper to build boxes for the 35x16x16".

If you don't mind black pots, you can post on Freecycle.com (find your local one). I found some that way.

Another way I found them was calling landscapers. They plant alot of trees, and usually toss their big pots (and small pots, and all pots.....).

It has saved me alot of money for planting my Brugs and other large plants. The ones I use as houseplants during the winter, I either buy nicer ones, or I dress up the black ones.

edited to say: the black pots don't look bad at all. I don't like the green ones, and don't like ones with writing on them, but the black ones you can wash up and if the plant is nice enough, noone will ever notice the pot.

This message was edited Aug 4, 2005 10:42 PM

found this link: http://www.dencities.com/potworld.html

Thanks so much everyone. Weeze, the pottery in your link is even within driving distance. I smell road trip this weekend!

God bless you,

Leslie

Another option is look at a place in your area that makes it's own concrete pots. If they make their own they can be really cheap.

Glad to be of help, Leslie. Isn't the web a great tool!

What are we BOTH up for at this ungodly hour? LOL

remember the time zone change? lol!

Terracotta drainage tile makes lovely planters for a reasonable cost. Jessamine

Here is Seward, we must cover our terracotta or move it indoors. It does not hold up well in our rainy winters. Is that the case in the midwest, Jessamine?

lamb, ive had resin pots, some of them for 10 yrs. so i know they hold up well. even the ones that look like yellow styrofoamy stuff on the inside. they even hold up. i used to think the black ones were so ugly, but they actually blend in well in a shade garden-lets the plant be in the spotlight. since youre in florida you wouldnt want black out in the sun or by the pool, etc. what i did with that type of situation was buy the really big white ones at lowes or home depot-the plain jane ones and then went to a local hardware that sells the round reed grass fencing, you know that stuff? about 6' high? well, you can cut it and wrap it around the pots. looks really cool and tropical. even that lasted a long time. by the time you need to replace it, you will probubly want to change plants by then anyway. but you just wrap a new piece. you have to buy a whole roll, but the uses are endless. i just love that stuff. we used it in the keys for a wind and cold break in the winter on our maters. debi