I PREFER SIMPLE CONTAINERS IN MANY DIFFERENT SIZES, FOR IF THE CONTAINER IS OVERFLOWING WITH COLOR OR VEGETATION, THEN THE PLANTING IS THE REAL EYE-CATCHER AND DOES NOT NEED A RIVALLING ATTRACTION IN THE POT. ON THE OTHER HAND , SOME POTS ARE SO HANDSOME THAT THEY CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN AS SCULPTURE. POTS AND CONTAINERS MAKE A STRONG STYLE STATEMENT IN URBAN SETTING.NOT ONLY IN THEIR POSITIONING BUT IN THEIR SHAPE, SIZE ,AND COLOR THEY SHOULD RELATE WELL TO THE STYLE AND SCALE OF YOUR SPACE. CONTAINERS THAT SUIT TRADITIONAL COUNTRY SETTING MAY BE MADE FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS STONE, SLATE, AND WOOD, OR , FOR THE MORE REFINED, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, AND TERRA COTTA. I LOVE THE ORGANIC SHAPE OF THE OIL JAR SEEN IN MANY ITALIAN , ESPECIALLY TOSCAN.ALSO A HALF BARREL AND PLAIN WILLOW BASKETS. |





















