Tippy Pots

I use tippy pot stacks in my displays around the garden centre, and am often asked, "how do you do that"?

The trick is to install a piece of re bar, to support the stack. If you have a hard surface, where you intend to place your stack your re bar will need feet. The feet allow you to place it in the bottom of the pot. Otherwise you may pound re bar directly into the ground, and thread your pot onto it through the drain hole.

I sometimes place additional support, in this case some old stakes, to keep the second pot from settling. Make sure you compact the soil well before placing second pot id you don't use a stake.

The second pot rests on the soil.

The pot is held in place by threading it on the re bar through the drain hole.

The re bar should sit up against the edge of the pot, giving it maximum tip.

Thread on your third pot, balancing it on the edge of the second pot.

The next, or final pot, must tilt from the opposite edge, it's easy.

This is my giant version, these are large pots, and they sit outside the front of my store.

tippy pots planted up with pansies, and perennials.