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| You Have to Love the Plastic Flower Pot |
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Are you an avid gardener or just someone that likes to plant a few
pretty flowers in the spring? The choices you face certainly do vary
widely. You can use a cast iron rose design flower pot hanger, or go with standard flower pot sitters. If you do do your own planting then you'll need the right supplies.
When you're getting ready for the next growing season, you probably have your peat pots and seedling trays at the ready. You may also have a stash of plastic flower pots to receive your transplants.
This is the ho-hum use of the lowly
plastic flower pot. Here, we're going to take a look at some outside
the box uses of the humble plastic flower pot, for use as a gift to a
gardening friend or even just for you.
A plastic pot is less expensive than its' terracotta counterpart. After all, the plastic pot doesn't have the same charisma as the clay “real thing”. That doesn't mean it can't be dressed up to the nines, giving Miss Terracotta a run for her money!
Whereas terracotta flower pots have that “earthy” feel, lending the English gardener ambiance to a display of petunias, the plastic flower pot can hold its own in a variety of situations. All it needs is a little “lipstick” and you've got a terrific and artistic gift item. Terracotta flower pots “breathe” through the pores of the clay, which means that water is lost through evaporation, thus requiring more frequent watering. On the other hand, a plastic flower pot tends to retain the water, because it's non-porous. The problem is, the plastic flower pot lacks the aesthetic looks, yet is more efficient to the care of the plant you're growing. So what can be done to dress up the cold plastic look? Have you considered 4 oz frosted flower pot votive jars? Here's where you can get creative. If you're planning a windowsill full of herbs, why not use acrylic paints to create a theme for your garden of kitchen herbs? Each tiny plastic pot can be decorated with your own design and color scheme to make yet a prettier picture. With just a few colors, coordinating with your kitchen colors, each green herb can be glorified right within its container. You can paint a space on each plastic pot as a label, noting the name of each herb and surrounding the label with any design that strikes your fancy. If you're planting a single houseplant, why not make it stand out with a painted plastic pot? That fern hanging in the bathroom will look much more impressive in a hand-painted plastic flower pot of your own design. A hand-painted, original design applied to a plain old plastic pot makes an original gift of an ordinary house plant. If your Mom loves African violets, a violet motif on the lowly plastic flower pot sets the plant apart from the run-of-the-mill florist's offering. So you can see, a new take on the plastic flower pot is just a brush stroke away. Start with a small project and see where it takes you. Painting the plastic pot can become a rewarding hobby! |
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