Garden planters have a variety of useful applications for serious, dedicated horticulturists and the casual "weekend gardeners" alike. Garden planters are more ideal for housing the majority of plants, because they are naturally larger and deeper than most pots while at the same time being more space efficient, sturdier and more easily located and arranged. Garden planters have many applications, from housing small decorative plants, functioning as convenient window boxes and even for the growing of vegetables, herbs and fruits. This article will discuss some of the uses of garden planters and provide additional pointers on what type of planter is best for you.
Rectangular in shape, often upwards of a foot and a half in length and half a foot or more in depth, garden planters are the ideal vessel for nearly all home and private garden plants that the average consumer will have an interest in growing. An excellent way to use garden planters is for landscaping purposes, by simply filling the with flowering plants or other attractive and decorative species, and lining them in parallel to just about anything -- walls, walkways, ponds, swimming pools and fences are all ideas just off the top of my head. Planters allow for the easy introduction of new plants into your existing landscape setup, without the effort of manually digging holes for and planting each plant, and also with the permanence thereof. Plants can easily be added to, subtracted from or rearranged in the existing design.
Because of their rectangular shape, garden planters also make ideal window boxes. Window boxes are simply planters that are securely mounted to the exterior of your home, usually (as you might expect) underneath and adjacent to the bottom edge of a window. The contents of your window boxes are entirely up to you. Many people like to have window boxes off of their kitchen and use them for growing their own herbs or small vegetables and fruits. I admit there's nothing more satisfying than requiring an ingredient for a recipe and simply opening the window and plucking it fresh from your own garden. Another use for window boxes is to situated them underneath frontal windows of your home and fill them with gorgeous flowers and blooms to enhance an otherwise drab exterior.
As you can see, garden planters are extremely useful and versatile, and this diversity extends to the different types of planters that you can buy. In general, search for good quality materials that will withstand weathering as well. An acceptable planter can usually be had at an extremely reasonable price.
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