🏡 Flowerpot: what to choose and how to make their own hands

Even if you have little patio, Measuring just a few square meters, you can turn it into a cozy and comfortable place where you can spend your time. All that you need at the same time - a convenient recliner and street vases for flowers. These attributes can not only decorate the yard and garden, but also porch houses. As they can be, how to choose them and how to make your own - in this material from Housechief.

What is the pot, and how it can be

Pot - is the capacity to grow flowers and plantsFilled with nutrient soil. Grow plants in pots is very simple. even children can do it. The pots can also plant trees and vegetables, if there is such a desire.

large containers advantage is that you can grow them in the green objects, which for various reasons could not develop in the soil and climate in your area.

Another plus - you do not have to spend time and effort on weeding or digging the soil. any shovels and rakes.

In addition, you can rearrange plants as you like. Create composition of them using different color schemes.

Garden pots for flowers can be large or small, located in a position on the ground or suspended and are placed on the special supports.

If you use a different height containers - can generate real flowerbed.

Hanging planters perfectly decorate a terrace or porch. They can even be mounted on fenceTransforming it from a boring in the wall art- object.

In addition, the pots can be done from different scrap materialsFrom tires to old rubber boots.

Interesting vases of plastic and concrete

Plastic pots are perfect for flowers, which are demanding on the soil moisture. If you have a very hot summer, and the water evaporates rapidly from the soil, then the plastic pots perfectly keep it for a longer time. Their only drawback - fragility.

Buy plastic vases for flowers of large size can be at a price of 300-500 rubles.

Cement design always massive and capital. They usually have just one large drainage hole at the bottom, often this is not enough for the plants. A thick wall concrete containers retain good soil temperature, so they can leave the flowers up to the frost.

Vases of this type can be made with your own hands of cement and sand. A concrete street to buy pots for flowers can be about 1-2 thousand rubles.

Street vases for flowers made of metal and wood

Wooden tubs with flowers very organically fit into the architecture of the garden, especially if you have other wooden objects: fence, garden benches or tracks of spilite.

Properly constructed wooden pots can last a very long time. They need to be treated with the composition from decay and insects. Each year after the end of the season the need to empty the tank, dry and renew protective coating.

Pots for metal garden, especially wrought look very presentable, but they become very hot in the sun. To keep the plant in a flowerpot, it put a plastic or wooden pot.

They look very decorative, and plants feel comfortable in them.

Vases made of stone: natural and artificial

Containers made of stone - it is forever. Articles made of natural materials are very expensive and weigh impressive. They are difficult to move.

Woven and ceramic containers

Flower baskets are always very attractive. The only drawback of such a container is that the soil of it will wake up. Therefore, if you want to put in a vase of flowers, it is necessary to make the inner layer of solid material. It is possible to use simple fabric or polyethylene.

Ceramic vases - the classics of the genre. Products made of baked clay perfectly keep the soil microclimate. Plant them feel good, bloom and grow.

Glowing street flower vases

New in the holiday design - objects illuminated. Garden figures highlighted LEDsThat consume little energy. The source of power for them may make even small solar panelsThat for the whole night and day accumulate enough charge.

Manufacturers offer for sale, street planters with light in the form of stumps or geometric objects.

How to pick a flower street flower pots for your site

The first thing you should pay attention - this is the size of the container. It is necessary to select a plant that you plan to plant. It is clear that the larger the seedling - the voluminous to be a pot for him.

But remember, if you have a small plant, it is not necessary to put it in a container too large. Because the water balance can be broken in too large volume of soil.

For plants with shallow root system should choose wide and flat pots for trees and bushes - high and wide. For example, for a height of 1-1.5 m ficus required volume capacity of 20 liters.

Now the colors of vases. Dark containers will blend in with the soil. This is not always aesthetically pleasing, so it is best to choose light or colored vases.

Note! White planters reflect sunlight, so that the roots they do not overheat. In addition, the white color always looks bright and festive. Suitable for all sorts of colors.

The shape of the pot depends on your personal preferences. Rectangular pots are considered traditional and easily assembled. They can be put along the fence or tracks. Round models usually take up more space and are used as accents. Round pots also can be set in any way figure.

Remember that the pot must match the style of the rest of the decor. Universally look natural materials: wood and stone.

How to place the pots and put it in them

Pots of the same size and shape - not the best option. They can be arranged along the tracks or take out of them a bed, but only if landings are identical in plant height.

Much more interesting to combine the containers, different height and shape. Such a group may form an interesting composition.

Planting in containers can be literally any plants. If you want to trees - choose dwarf varieties. Large plants not last long in a confined space of the pot.

Remember, it is impossible to put into one container plants with different requirements for lighting.

When choosing colors, combine not only the buds, but leaves. Remember that annuals will entertain you throughout the season, and perennials - just over a month, no more.

Which is better to buy street vases for flowers: plastic or concrete?

The solution to this question rests on the possibility of your budget. Plastic pots are much cheaper. Plant them feel comfortable. But such containers will last not long, just a couple of seasons.

Concrete will cost more, but their service life - at least 10 years.

Step by step the production of concrete street Flowerpot with their hands

Concrete the container can be done independently. To do this you need a form, the capacity for mixing cement-sand mixture and a little time. Here is a small master class on making flowerpot made of concrete with their hands:

Illustration	Description of the action
	For the manufacture of concrete pots with their hands prepare buckets or pots of different volume, so that they are inserted into one another, and allowed free space is at least 2 cm thick.
	Cook the mixture in a proportion of 1 part cement and 1 part of the fine gravel and 2 parts sand. Carefully promeshayte concrete.
	Lubricate the form of butter. Lower - on the outside, large - inside.
	Pour the bottom of the large form a mixture, forming the bottom of a flowerpot. Then insert a smaller form and fill in the space with cement.
	To remove air bubbles, prostuchite wall forms a hammer. Secure the inner and outer mold part with a rope.
	Leave the pot for a couple of days to pour, then pull it out of shape.
	Treat edge of needle files, so that they become smooth.
	Ready pots can be left as is or decorate mosaic.

How to make their own hands a vase made of cement and textiles

Another simple embodiment of the flowerpot street manufacturing of cement and fabric:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Prepare a dense fabric, preferably two layers.
	Dilute with water to cement powder yoghurt consistency.
	Dip the cloth in the composition and carefully dip a her in it.
	Prepare a soft shape. This may be a bag filled with rags.
	Wrap the form of cement soaked cloth. Carefully unfold all folds.
	Tie the fabric rope and cut the extra edge scissors.
	When the form is dry, apply several layers of cement with a brush solution.
	Remove the form and proceed to the bottom of some holes for drainage.
	The finished pots can be painted with paint from a container.
	Pattern the flowerpot rope or ribbon.

Video workshop for manufacturing wooden street Flowerpot

Make a container for flowers and can be made of wood. The easiest way to hollow depression in the stump. Such street vases for flowers of the tree will look great in any corner of the garden. But there is a variant of collecting container. manufacturing details in this video material:

What kind of pots you use in your garden? Maybe you have experience of making such structures? Share them in the comments!