This container is not out in my garden, it sits on my lanai. My neighbor had planted a couple of fox tail palms in her yard a few years ago and they did not survive the winter. They left the dead trunks out in the yard until this spring when the roots rotted enough to just knock the trunk down. I took one of the trunks, cut the trunk down to about two feet then turned it upside down. It was already hollow inside so there was no need to drill drainage holes. I just plopped one of my plastic pots down into and and voila! I have a really unique planter! :)