Flower pot: types and design (36 photos)

Beautiful design design using plants today does not surprise anyone. They are planted at home, in the country, in the garden. Many plantings are allocated a place in the beds, in the front garden, and some are lucky to get into ceramic pots.

Even the most unsightly plants will look attractive in the original flowerpots - a kind of flower stands, which can be purchased at the store or made with your own hands. It is important to correctly choose beautiful flower pots to decorate your home and emphasize its style. No need to confuse flowerpots with flower pots. The second are characterized by the presence of special holes for the release of excess moisture, and the cache-pot does not have such holes.

Types of flower pots

Under the cache-pot, many mean unique shells for decor, in which ceramic vessels that have lost their attractiveness are placed. Depending on the location of these decorative vases, they are divided into types.

• For large plants in the form of trees, bushes, outdoor flowerpots are used. Most of all they are suitable for cacti, palm trees, ficuses, citrus fruits. The floor planter is massive and impressive in size.
• For climbing vases, hanging pots are practiced. In such hanging baskets most often put petunias, creepers, ivies. This decorative element can hang on the beams of the ceiling, on the ledges near the windows, as well as on the street near the arbors, verandas. They adorn the columns and pillars. Still hanging vessels are used for flowers on the balcony.
• For many decorative and deciduous plants, wall-mounted flowerpots are intended. Very often they are mounted in the kitchen, in the hallway. This is a favorite type of decor in offices, schools, hospitals. Such wall flowerpots are well suited for chlorophytums, ferns and other ampelous plants. These tall flowerpots are attached to the wall.
• Flowering plants are most often placed in table planters. Such decoration will transform any room and add to it cheerfulness. They are placed not only on tables, but also on window sills.

Depending on where the planters will be, they are divided into street, balcony and room. Outdoor plant coasters are most often suitable for a garden or vegetable garden. They are characterized by large size. Sometimes small trees and shrubs are placed in them, which are brought into a warm building for the winter. The most common plants for decoration are fuchsia, pelargonium, ivy, balsam, lobelia, hibiscus. There is also a multi-tiered or multi-level planter for the garden, it looks especially impressive.

Balcony hanging flower pots save space and decorate the interior of small loggias. Skillful hands can turn a balcony into a blooming garden from May to October. Sometimes they make special shelves, shelving for flowers on the balcony. Real craftsmen install boxes (containers) made of wood or plastic from the outside or inside of the balcony.

The selection of indoor flower pots is simply huge. It is important with them to maintain a single style in the room and emphasize the uniqueness of each flower. Here in the decor it is important to adhere to the color and shape.

Options for materials for pots

The world of flower stands amazes with a variety of materials. In connection with the purpose and preference, you can choose the following containers:

• wooden coasters made from natural raw materials.It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that they are not always resistant to moisture and can be poorly processed;
• metal flower pots always look very original. They are in perfect harmony with the room environment. Among them can be found forged flower pots, consisting of several tiers. Most often they are used for a garden or a personal plot;
• stainless steel tanks are suitable for high-tech style. Often they are made in the geometric forms of a cylinder, square or polygon;
• the most popular are ceramic vessels. They are produced in the most unusual forms, have original coatings and patterns;
• plastic cache-pots are especially light and affordable. They are purchased most often and are considered classics in home decor. Available in brown or white solid color;
• glass flower pots are suitable for some types of flowers. The orchid feels good in them. Through such transparent containers you can observe the water level in the soil;
• the polystone flowerpots for indoor flowers amaze with their flexibility. They can be in the form of fairy-tale characters, flowers, handbags. The polystone is absolutely harmless, therefore, products from it are very popular;
• rattan or cane coasters are very much appreciated. They look beautiful in the winter garden.

Cache-pot of own production

How to make a cache-pot at home? It is very easy for needlewomen to make knitted flower pots. Most often, this is done by crocheting with the help of ribbon knitted threads. Such openwork nets resemble covers in which flower pots are placed, and on top they are fixed with a tape or rope.

Decorate bags with wicker flowers, butterflies. Usually they serve as a decoration in the country or baskets for fruits and sweets.

Any unnecessary knitted napkin can be turned into an original planter by wrapping it with a flower pot.

Wicker flower pots can be made from vines. Experienced craftsmen make baskets or coasters of very original shapes from it. Recently, vine weaving began to be replaced by tubes of newspaper leaves. Such a newspaper product can be painted in any color, varnished and used for artificial flowers.

Macrame flower pots are easy to make from clothesline, rope, strong thread. The shape of the products may be different. Sometimes macramas use chandelier shades, children's pails, and various cups. Such weaving from various knots looks magnificent and graceful.

DIY hanging flower pots can be made from strips of fabric. For this, strips are cut out of unnecessary knitwear. Then from these tapes weaves the original grid for the pot.

Recently, products from plastic bottles are gaining popularity. They are most often used in the country. For this, the upper part is cut from the bottle, and the edges are melted.

You can make flower pots in the high-tech style of wire, tin plates. Experienced and patient housewives make a cache-pot of foil, cardboard, gypsum, clay. An unexpected use can get an old record. To do this, you just need to heat it over an electric stove, and then give it the desired shape.

Auto-irrigated coasters

Watering plants is a time-consuming process that takes time and effort. All the difficulties with regularly feeding plants with water eliminate flower pots with automatic watering. They are a real find for beginners and experienced gardeners.

Stands equipped with an automatic moisture control system are gaining more and more popularity among fans of green spaces.

Such smart flower pots can be arranged in different ways. For some supports, the water tank and indicator tube are located on the side, in others - from the bottom, and in others - from the top of the pot. Using the indicator, water enters the soil slowly and evenly. This system allows you to achieve the ideal degree of soil moisture.

The original atmosphere of the room can be given with the help of an innovative design: flower pots with lighting. Such a system is controlled by a remote control. On sale there are large and small models of LED stands. They come in the form of an oval, ball, cone, square. Such luminous pots are suitable for both living and artificial plants.

The world of modern flowerpots is very diverse. Every housewife tries to implement the most unexpected idea of ​​flower stands.