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@mentalpause, I had to go find the bag! LOL I bought it at Lowes, it's called "WonderLand Bali Black Beach Pebbles". I used them on the surface because I thought that the black might blend in with the potting soil and look more natural. But honestly, I think I like the look of the light gray drainage rock better.

@ht, I love that 75% off clearance, but now I have a bunch of plants with NO idea where to put them!! Today I bought a plant that's usually $16, and with the clearance discounts it was $2 and some change!

Hello Jc

Im mental and it is nice to meet you!

I was curious about the rock you used.

Is that a local rock?

I dont know where you live but I am in the

mountains and I dont think I've seen that type

of rock around here. Didnt know if it

was store bought or local.

I loved your post!!

🍄

I didn't think that this was a unique idea, but a lot of people are loving it and asking questions so I thought I'd share

This is an example of one of my finished containers:

https://www.gowilkes.com/pm...9622_0.jpg

Recognizing that I had a TON of nursery pots just laying around, here's what I did:

1. Find a nursery pot that's only slightly smaller than the decorative container.

2. Find a nursery pot that fits snugly into the first nursery pot. Bonus points if you have a lot of these!

3. Take random rocks and build up the height of the decorative container so that, when you sit the larger nursery pot inside of it, the lip of the nursery pot is flush or slightly lower than the lip of the decorative pot.

4. Leave the nursery pot in place, and pack drainage rock around the sides. The goal is for the rock to hold the nursery pot in the middle of the decorative pot. You can place pretty rocks on the top if you want (like I did in the pic), but drainage rock looks good by itself so it's really not necessary.

5. Fill the smaller nursery pot with the plants you like.

6. Sit the smaller nursery pot inside of the larger one.

This is how the decorative pot looks before I put the one with plants inside:

https://www.gowilkes.com/pm...9622_1.jpg

And here's how the internal pot looks after it's planted, but before I sit it inside of the decorative pot:

https://www.gowilkes.com/pm...9622_2.jpg