Old chimney pots

jennifer132

I've been given 2 old tall chimney pots which I'd like to plant with some trailing geraniums. It will take such a large amount of compost to fill them that I thought of fitting largish flower pots into the tops.  Does anyone have a better idea please as I think the plants will dry out very quickly  if I go down that path.

geum keenbutgreen

Can you not just chuck in a load of garden soil in the bottom and put compost in the top part only?

Ladybird4

Hi Jennifer. You don't really need to fil the whole of the chimney pots with compost. To assist drainage you can use broken crocks etc to fill up a reasonable section of the pots before adding your compost.

Joyce21

I agree with geum but position them first!!

chicky

I do what you first thought of - put plastic pots in the top and plant into them.  They need a daily watering in the summer, but then so do all my annual displays.  Its also easy to ring the changes then.  Lobelia and calibriocha work really well for trailing

chicky

Heres the result

Jennifer 10

I use hangers like this  -  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hooks-hangers-fences-dreams-spaces/dp/B00DEREG24

But you can also get plant pots that will sit on the rim.  I also use those.    If you fill the chimney pots  up with stuff they get unmoveable, and I move mine about depending how I want the garden to look. 

B3

I just wedge a plastic saucer in them and stick a suitably sized terracotta pot on top.

I have also made a table by laying a slab of marble on top of two of them.

jennifer132

thanks everyone for your ideas and advice.