Pots & Gardening Containers

Fifty Reasons to Grow Plants in Containers

Each year we offer a hand picked collection of unique and interesting containers for our customers. Each year as well as each week differs in selection and style.

1. On a whim, you can move potted plants from place to place.
2. Off the ground and containing, potted plants resist pest invasions.
3. Plants can be brought in from the cold winters.
4. Plants can be brought out for warm sunny summer.
5. Plants can be accentuated at the hight of their beauty.
6. Plants can be rotated for maximum affect.
7. Pottery is an interesting craft.
8. Plants can be brought to a center of attention.
9. Gardening containers are fun to collect.
10. Gardening containers are fun to make.
11. Recycled container soil enhances the compost.
12. Pots can sit on decks.
13. Pots can be arranged and rearranged.
14. Pots can hide dead patches in the lawn.
15. Pots can bring interest to an otherwise boring location.
16. Containers reserve space and soil for individual plants.
17. Plants in containers don't have to compete with other plants.
18. Pots can hang from eves.
19. Pots can reroute foot traffic.
20. Many types of cactus can live in pots.
21. Succulents can live in pots.
22. Many Euphorbias can live in pots.
23. Begonias can live in pots outdoors in the shade in the summer.
24. Tomatoes can live and produce well in pots.
25. If you water them regularly, peppers enjoy living in containers.
26. Onions will live in containers.
27. Garlic will live in containers.
28. Many herbs enjoy living in pots.
29. A potted herb garden close to the kitchen makes life better.
30. Pots can be beautiful, even when empty.
31. Good pots can last a long time.
32. Bonsi gardening is an interesting craft.
33. Certain trees will live in containers for centuries.
34. Containers can create different visual queues.
35. Hydroponics is an interesting hobby.
36. Pots allow real miniture trees to live along your miniture railroad.
37. Container plants make the home office brighter.
38. Container plants make the office more endurable.
39. Indoors, container plants help clean the air.
40. Container plants remind us of the outdoors.
41. Cucumbers will live in containers.
42. Zinnas will live in containers.
43. Marigolds will live in containers.
44. Mums will live in containers.
45. You can start your vegetables early with starter pots.
46. You can fill an otherwise ungrowable ledge with potted plants.
47. You can experiment growing things everyone says you can't.
48. Pots can hide an extra key.
49. Ceremic pots are fun to make.
50. Plants in containers are fun gifts.