Large planters are very expensive. I was given 3 pieces of culvert pipe by a construction crew that had been cut and these ends were being discarded. They are 18" diameter and range from 26" to 34 " in height.
This is what they looked like when I got them home.
This is the first one, after painting and planting.
I found this Tree standard rose at Piersons for half price. It is an English rose called Anne Boleyn and will have large sprays of warm pink, flat rosettes. I under planted it with Lithodora diffusa ‘Heavenly Blue’ and some pink Freesia.
I am going to cut the tallest piece in half to use as a replacement for that ugly nursery pot of Agapanthus.
I am not sure what I will plant in the remaining 2 pieces as they will not receive as much sun. Something tall in one. Maybe an evergreen bush or a small Japanese maple, under planted with bright primroses.
