Styled spaces

Pots for verandahs

A verandah has a roof, so it gets less sun and less rain than the garden. Choose plants that cope with part shade, and plan to water by hand.

Charcoal rectangular planters with clipped hedges along a verandah

Kingston pots in Nougat with a cordyline and a dianella beside a cane chair on a verandah

Put a pair beside the chair

Square pots with a softly curved edge sit neatly against a wall or beside a seat.

Kingston comes in three sizes, 27, 37 and 47 cm high, each as wide as it is tall. A cordyline and a dianella both cope with the part shade under a verandah roof.

Pots in this look: Kingston and Sienna

Calais troughs in Onyx planted with lilly pilly as a screen along a verandah

Screen the open side

A row of troughs planted with lilly pilly makes a green screen without building a fence.

Calais is a narrow trough in three sizes, up to 70 cm long and 60 cm high, in Blizzard or Onyx. Line up several for a longer screen.

Pots in this look: Calais and Monterey

Savannah pots in Granite in front of a timber screen

Line the edge with a row

A row of matching pots along the verandah edge leads the eye down its length.

Savannah is a straight-sided round pot in four sizes from 25 cm to 47 cm high. Clipped westringia and lavender keep the row neat, but they need the sunny edge, not the back wall.

Pots in this look: Savannah and Valley

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