About URN562/562A
Classical urn proportions — flared rim, waisted body, pedestal foot — carried in moulded fibreglass rather than stone. That one substitution is why the URN562 series turns up in three quite different settings: formal European courtyard layouts, modern alfresco areas, and high-ceilinged interior foyers where the floor was never built to carry a stone pedestal.
The taller URN562 stands 992 mm high to a 562 mm rim, and paired either side of an entrance gate, a main doorway or a pool pergola it does the work of vertical framing. The URN562A drops to 800 mm on a 550 mm rim — low enough to sit beneath a window sill or along a raised verandah balustrade without blocking the outlook, broad enough to anchor a paved terrace on its own. Both share the one profile, so running the two heights together in a single courtyard still reads as deliberate. Matching profiles sit in the urn collection.
Cast stone and clay at this scale bring two problems with them: thermal cracking through a Perth heatwave, and moisture spalling across a wet winter. A non-porous, UV-stable fibreglass shell avoids both. The low empty weight also keeps you inside the load allowance on residential timber decking and upper-level balconies, and it means two people can carry an urn through a standard garden gate and shift it around the patio later if the planting changes. Left undrilled the shell is watertight, which is what makes these urns workable in a foyer — keep the plant in its nursery pot on an internal drip tray and watering runoff never reaches the floor.
Proportion is the one thing you really need to judge in person, so stand the two heights side by side at our Malaga showroom and test your plant pairings before you decide. Contact us about a product or project for current stock and delivery across the Perth metropolitan area.
Common questions
Which of the two sizes should I go for?
The URN562 stands 992 mm high with an outer top diameter of 562 mm. The URN562A is 800 mm high with an outer diameter of 550 mm, so almost the whole difference sits in the height rather than the rim. Choose on the height the position will carry.
Do they need weight in the base in an exposed Perth position?
Yes, anywhere the wind gets a run at them. Check the drainage outlet in the base is clear, cover it with a patch of mesh gauze, then load 10 to 15 kg of coarse gravel into the bottom. The gravel does two jobs at once — weight against a strong coastal afternoon wind, and an open path for water through winter rain bursts.
How much potting mix does each size take?
Allow roughly 110 to 130 litres of potting mix for the larger URN562, and roughly 80 to 95 litres for the URN562A.
