Which magazine loved them having seen us at the Edible Garden Show in 2011 and bought one to test.
Made of solid high quality plastic, they have an in built saucer and tall drainage spikes to help with water retention. The plant pot is curved to fit around the down pipe and the in built strap reaches around the back of the drainpipe and connects back into the planter.
We've found it best to hang these modern pots above the bracket holding the pipe to the wall because once planted it might be a challenge to squeeze the strap tight enough to hold.
These drainpipe planters are 24cm across and fit drainpipes of up to 9cm.
Colourwise, our customers either blend them in by choosing black or grey, or make a feature with some of the brighter colours such a fushia or bright green.
You can co-ordinate with other items from this range - hanging baskets, 30cm pots, bridges are available in the same colours and are based upon the same shape.
Drainpipe planting ideas...
Hanging salads...a good way to avoid slugs... each pot will take about 6 salad plants, which showed them with lollo bionda at Hampton Court Flower Show last year
Hanging Herbs ... 3 small herbs or one large one, we used a large marjoram at BBC Gardeners World to show them off!