Many apartments, houses and offices have fresh flowers. They decorate the room, fill it with comfort and please the eye with the green of the leaves and the colors of the inflorescences.
To the flower not only looked beautiful, but also developed well, it needs the right content, including the choice of a suitable pot. Let's look at ceramic pots for flowers and find out when to use them.
Features and types of ceramic pots for indoor flowers
So, ceramic pots are the best choice for most indoor plants. The only exceptions are such flowers as, for example, the phalaenopsis orchid - for them the plastic and transparent containers are optimal.
Among the advantages of ceramics are the following:
- this is a natural and safe material;
- it provides the plant with natural ventilation and thermoregulation;
- Excessive moisture evaporates through the porous walls of the ceramic container.
And the main drawback of the ceramic pot is its fragility.
The variety of types of ceramic pots sold in flower shops can be confusing to an aspiring florist. Therefore, before buying, you need to figure out what sorts of pots these are:
- clay or glazed (covered from the outside glossy glaze). They are beautiful, but do not have air permeability. Therefore, such pots are recommended to be used as pots;
- with holes in the bottom or without them. The latter are also suitable for use only as pots, since otherwise they will stagnate water;
- different sizes. A large ceramic pot is suitable for adult flowers with a powerful root system, it can be used as an outdoor. In small containers usually plant violets, cyclamens, and so on. And high ceramic pots for flowers will be good for room palms, dracaena, yucca;
- different shapes - most often a round or square ceramic flower pot.
You can buy several ceramic flower pots in a set: it's a good way to decorate the kitchen or living room with a pretty set of plants in the same or similar containers.
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