Plants in pots

[10greenapples]

This is going to sound really stupid but where can I buy plants in pots that don't need to be planted in the ground? So they can just stay in pots in my garden. I see lots of houses with nice plants in pots in there garden but unsure where I can get some! Help! Thanks

You can buy them at Tesco. Plants do grow though so you need to buy compost and bigger pots. Garden centres also do ready done plant pots.

I have a courtyard with a huge range of plants in pots. I try anything that the garden centre grows. Such as roses, begonias, crocosmia, fatsia, olives, peonies, ornamental grasses, bulbs and of course annuals.
As pp has said, larger pots than you would think, good compost, feed well and water well.
Start experimenting and see how it goes.

Thanks! As you can tell I'm really not green fingered lol but attempting to make my garden look nice.

Be aware of how much sun/ shade your pots receive. Some things will like a fair amount of sun while others may need partial/full shade. You can google requirements or ask here The good thing about pots is that you can easily move them around if the plants aren't suited to their location!

I have some really large plastic pots (B&M good for this if you have one near). I tip I found on here was to fill the base with broken up chunks of polystyrene and put compost on top. Makes the pot lighter to move around and the polystyrene provides good drainage.

And you do need to water them every day in the summer, unless you have torrential rain, a shower won't give them enough moisture.

If you are on a budget, poundland have had some nice big pots in recently. You can buy some pots you like, and one or two bags of multi purpose compost. Then buy plants you like from the shops and garden centres - choose annuals if you want them to be colourful and just last for this summer, or perennials if you want them to keep growing for years to come (but check they are 'hardy' to survive frosts). Just water the plants well before planting in a pot full of compost. Then water every time the compost is starting to dry (every day if hot and sunny). Enjoy.