While terracotta can be the perfect material for keeping plants healthy, it also requires a bit of extra maintenance and ...

Discover our new favorite way to use terracotta pots that will transform your home and garden! In this video, we explore ...

green algae and other things that make a terra cotta pot look old. Some actually paint on lime to hasten the “whitening.” Putting gravel in the bottoms of pots to improve drainage is a garden ...

Terra cotta pots I have left outside for the winter have ... contact the Plant Information Service at the Chicago Botanic Garden at [email protected]. Tim Johnson is senior director ...

Protect them now as you do your fall garden cleanup and before winter takes its toll on them. Clay pots are especially vulnerable. Clay absorbs moisture. As it freezes and thaws throughout the ...

By Margaret Roach Flower pots, they are not. But Stephen Procter’s large stoneware garden vessels, some as tall as five feet and incorporating 250 pounds of clay, are nevertheless functional ...

"While they are eye-catching enough to serve as a solo planting in a pot, Linda also recommends pairing them with seasonal annuals like white petunias or chrysanthemums for a bloom-packed patio ...