I love my garden and having plants inside the house, too. I’m always buying small terra-cotta pots with plants. After transplanting them into the garden, I’m left with a huge surplus of pots piled ...

DENVER, Colorado — We can grow almost anything we like in a container. It's a matter of picking the right pot for the plant. Understanding different kinds of pots helps. Glazed ceramic pots have ...

Like many objects of value, terra cotta pots take on character as they age. The clay darkens, assuming a whitish cast from fertilizers and the minerals in water. When kept in the shade and watered ...

At first glance, the humble terra cotta garden pot isn't anything special. It's been around for thousands of years, used for pottery, roofing, bricks, even sculpture (see the famous warriors and ...