Transform Your Space with Texture and Shape-Styling tips on how to choose the right plant pot
Entering a new season is the perfect time to refresh your living spaces. With the right décor, it’s easy to create interest and atmosphere. Incorporating plants into your styling bridges the gap between the indoors and outdoors, and beyond their aesthetic appeal, plants naturally enhance the quality of our spaces.
Selecting the right garden pots can transform your space dramatically and make a huge visual impact.
Whether your style leans towards modern minimalism, coastal oasis or rustic farmhouse, there are pot designs to complement a variety of looks, adding depth and character to your home.
A good styling tip is when placing multiple pots together, be sure to vary the sizes and shapes to add texture and depth. A cluster of three pots draws the eye, inviting exploration of each unique plant pairing.
Perfect for clustering is the elho Fuente Lily Outdoor Plant Pot range (RRP: 30cm pot $40.00, 38cm pot $61.00, 47cm pot $92.00.) Crafted with sustainability in mind, it’s made with recycled plastic materials and produced in Holland using
100% wind energy. Embossed with a delicate lily design, the pot is available in 30cm, 38cm and 47cm sizes and two classic colours, black and ivory. Start by anchoring your arrangement with the largest pot and layering complementary pieces. The elho range is durable, lightweight, easy to manoeuvre and plant up, being designed for effortless mobility.
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Capi Europe’s Rib Outdoor Pots (RRP: 35x34cm pot $81.98, 40x60cm pot $165.00 and 43x41cm pot $109.00) are crafted with a stunning ripple design in chic monochromic colours of ivory and anthracite, and look at home in a cottage garden just as much as in a contemporary backyard. Durable and lightweight, these pots are sustainably produced from synthetic material and resemble natural stone to seamlessly integrate into your space.Combining style and functionality, lightweight pots
are tough and light enough to move, even when full of potting mix and plants.They are an ideal choice for city dwellers or renters, particularly those who like to chop and change their potted displays. Capi Europe’s Rib Outdoor Pots are available in egg and cylinder shapes allowing you to experiment with shapes, size and textures.In compact areas, styling with pairs of pot plants can be equally striking.
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Consistency in the colour palette enhances cohesion within your clusters. Choose your plants wisely and opt
for plants with similar sun and light exposure needs to simplify maintenance. Incorporate a tall statement
plant in the largest pot for vertical interest.
“When choosing plants for companion pots, focus on coordinating or contrasting colours and foliage, and don’t forget to introduce diversity in textures for added visual appeal.”
Bring the outdoors in with decorative pots. In addition to adding texture and colour, potted plants add life into a home, not only contributing to the look of the room but also changing how it feels to spend time within it. You can use pots with similar finishes and colours to make the arrangement look like a set, or you can combine all your favourite pots in different materials and colours for an eclectic finish.
Capi Europe’s Black & Gold Groove Indoor Pot(RRP: 12x10cm pot $12.30, 14x13cm pot $16.80) creates a stunning centre piece with its metallic finish and unique vertical groove design, inspired by nature. Available in two sizes, simply place your grow pot inside the pot, there’s no need for extra potting soil.
If you like your potted garden to be ‘easy-care’, then self-watering pots are the way to go. With a self-watering system, plants can access water as they need it and in most designs the overflow hole drains away any excess. These pots also help to retain nutrients and reduce watering time.Elho’s Greenville Self-Watering Plant Pots, available in three sizes in black, white, concrete and green (RRP: 20cm pot $18.50, 49cm pot $29.00, 33cm pot $36.96), have a stylish look, an integrated water reservoir, and are made from recycled plastic. These pots both look and feel good in your garden or on your terrace. Available in four contemporary colours – charcoal, white, black and olive, you can choose to cluster several pots of different sizes, or make a bold and stylish statement with just one.
“When choosing plants, play around with texture by combining a spiky plant with something softer, such as an orchid, or a structural plant with something that’s a bit more fluid. Sunlight can fade poorer quality plastic pots or make them brittle, so look out for UV treated plastic planters such as the Elho’s Greenville range, which maintain their look and feel in Australian conditions.”
Capi Europe pots and elho pot plants are available at Bunnings stores nationally.
For further information visit bunnings.com.au
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