Large Spanish Pots (have large pots)

Just got back from Majorca , had a look round a garden center very
intresting but to the point , they have these very large terracotta pots
everywhere ( up to about 4ft high ) two of these would look very nice in my
front garden does anyone know of anywhere in Lincolnshire or Yorkshire that
sells such pots ? thanks for your help

Be wary of them. I have three times fallen for large terracotta pots, only
to find that the frost gets into the material and destroys it by flaking.
All were flogged as "frostproof". Frostproof, my eye.
There are plastic pots of all kinds in garden centres, some of which are
excellent replicas of terracotta pots of all sizes. I have six or so in the
garden. After eight years they are still indistinguishable from terracotta,
except by knocking to hear the ring.

Franz

Nothing wrong with good plastic, but if you drench terracotta all over
with masonry waterproofing solution it should resist frost well.

I do the waterproofing *after* drilling out some drainage holes: the
ones provided by the makers are often just silly.

Mike.

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1 25th December 08:22 hendo2002 External User Posts: 1	Large Spanish Pots (have large pots) Just got back from Majorca , had a look round a garden center very intresting but to the point , they have these very large terracotta pots everywhere ( up to about 4ft high ) two of these would look very nice in my front garden does anyone know of anywhere in Lincolnshire or Yorkshire that sells such pots ? thanks for your help

3 25th December 14:55 mike_lyle_uk External User Posts: 1	Large Spanish Pots Nothing wrong with good plastic, but if you drench terracotta all over with masonry waterproofing solution it should resist frost well. I do the waterproofing after drilling out some drainage holes: the ones provided by the makers are often just silly. Mike.