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Large Spanish 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 |
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Large Spanish Pots
"hendo2002" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Large Spanish Pots
"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ...
"hendo2002" wrote in message ... 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. 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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Large Spanish Pots
hendo2002 wrote in message ... 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 Whisby garden centre near Lincoln, just off the A46 Lincoln bypass, sells a huge variety of pots, terracotta and glazed. Mike www.british-naturism.org.uk |
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