Big pots in a garden can be very impressive if filled with large
healthy plants. Pots and containers come in all shapes and sizes
and if you are looking to grow plants that will need to be
transplantedÂ then the shape of the container will be very
important While the photo may show a pot much larger than you
will probably ever need to transplant from it does show a
crucial piece of information that you need to consider when
growing large plants in containers. As large plants grow the
container they are in will fill with roots eventually this will
require you to transplant them to a larger container. Looking at
the photo notice how the pot is larger at the top then tapers
down. This is what you are looking for when planting large
containers. If you were to plant in a container that was larger
at the bottom or in the middle than at the top,Â when it came
time to remove the plant for transplanting you would either
destroy the container or the root ball or both. Large containers
and large specimen plants are very