large pots

I treated myself to two very large pots. They are a nice deep burgundy colour.
They weight 17kg each so are pretty sturdy and I could maybe get away with planting something tall in the middle and know that it won't fall over in the wind.

Any suggestions on what I can plant up in there.


I want to make a bit of an impression with them but don't wish to spend lots. the pots already cost me £20 each....considering that I went to Homebase to get some garden twine, all I can say is that it was very expensive garden twine.

I was almost toying with the idea of going back today and getting another 4 pots but then I have told myself to behave.:eek:

 

Oh dear, it must be something in the air! I went out for some fungicide yestyerday and came home with 3 huge strelitzia (Bird of Paradise) in 20" plastic pots, and some 20" terracotta pots to put them in. Paid nearly 80 quid for them ... :(

But hopefully they are going to look mega when they flower

And they were on special offer so "I couldn't afford not to have them"

 

Shobhna in pots that size if you want to create a quick impresion why not try brugmansia [spelt wrong I am sure] or a nice cordyline.

 

going to pop into garden centre on my way home.

 

I have previously used three tall Cosmos (there are tall and short varieties) in a large pot. They grew to five or six feet including the pot and looked very fine for a long time. I am currently growing Cleome (my avatar) for the same purpose, but you don't often see them for sale so need to grow them from seed. Or you could use Dahlias.

My personal inclination is to use just one type of plant in a pot. Many different plants in a pot can look bitty if they are not well done.

 

got some geraniums, salvia and petunias, and a lovely black leaved trailing plant (forgotten the name) If money had been no object then I'd have bought some of the other plants.
They had some ornamental barley that looked really nice, was a lovely dark colour and would have given definition (tall plants in the middle of the pot)

:eek::eek:stuck with the easy option after I had looked at the price of some of the plants I fancied.

So far these large pots have cost me dear !!

Himself has not seen the results yet since he was on Lates yesterday so I'm hoping he will be suitably impressed when he eventually sticks his head out the bedroom window.

I'm trying to make the garden look better.
Have friends coming over for the weekend plus Himself has organised a BBQ for his shift on Monday.