Spiral plant

[locomoco19]

I know absolutely nothing about plants. So forgive my ignorance.

I really want spiral plant to put infront of my house , where can I get decent priced ones? How do I pit them in to bigger planter pots?

I've seen artificial ones, seen as am terrible with plants and feel I can't look after a real one, especially keep the spiral shape. Will artificial look really rubbish? Thoughts pls

Do you mean this kind of thing OP? It's a buxus, and the only reason it's spiral is that it's been cut that way. So you can buy them but unless you are skilled at topiary (cutting plants into shapes) it's not going to stay the way you want it - it's going to grow and lose the shape.
But plastic plants by your front door? Really? Don't do it!

Yes that shape. they do sell that shape ready made, seen them in lots of places. Very expensive. and it's called spiral, so I guess they do the spiral shape for you and then it's up to you to maintain the shape. Wil try to stick to real, am just pathetic at keeping them alive. Do they need a lot of watering

Hi again. Anything in a pot needs lots of watering. In hot weather could be twice a day.
But the real issue is keeping the shape - I just had a look on youtube and there's loads of vids about topiary, and suggestions for the best plants etc - results I got on link below.
I'm sure you can keep it alive, but keeping it spiral will need a bit of work. Good luck!

www.youtube.com/results?search_query=maintaining+a+spiral+topiary+box+plant

I used to kill plants just looking at them, but now I find I am much better with them.

I would start a lot smaller tbh. Find a plant which is happy in a pot, not too high maintenance, and get used to watering, feeding it and so on. As the plant blossoms under your care you'll start believing you might not be the Big Plant Killer Extraodinaire, and get a bit more ambitious.

Plants like the one you have pictured are very expensive to learn on.

How about getting something like rosemary or mint. You'll get lovely wafts of scent from them and you can use them in cooking too. Both are easy to look after and grow well in pots.

The reason am looking at that particular plant is I wanted to have two put outside of my house on either side. I've seen it on many houses and looks so beautiful. But I wouldn't know how to de pot it in to a bigger planter pot

Ikea sells box (buxus sempervirans) topiary every summer for £12ish. They don't have spirals, only balls and pyramids but they are cheap and easier shapes to maintain for a beginner. Why don't you try your hand those before you invest in a more expensive spiral plant?

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/buxus-sempervirens-potted-plant-box-ball-20392672/

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/buxus-sempervirens-potted-plant-box-pyramid-30159866/

You might want to invest in a good self-watering pot if you aren't good at watering them. I like the LeChuza brand but they aren't cheap (Ikea also has self watering pots):

www.lechuza.co.uk/

You can buy them on Amazon too. They also have a soil substitute that looks a bit like cat litter. It's not as good as soil but it is less messy, keeps the weeds down and makes repotting/replanting easier so I use it in window boxes in hard to reach places. You soak the plants roots (out of the original pot) in a bucket of water so most of the soil washes off before planting in the substrate.

Just google for a video of how to repot buxus.