About Low Bowl Planter
Surface area is the whole point of this shape. Planting space comes from the spread rather than the depth, so it takes a moderate amount of potting mix while the top of the bowl gives you a broad canvas to plant across. That suits shallow-rooted material: clumping succulents, sculptural agaves, foliage that trails over the rim. The low centre of gravity is the other half of it, because a planted bowl this flat is hard to knock over on an outdoor dining table or an exposed terrace.
Polystone Resin reads as natural masonry from two paces away and weighs a fraction of it. Across 18 years of showroom work we have watched this composite go through heavy winter rainfall, full summer sun and daily hose watering without warping or cracking, in open courtyards and under covered alfresco roofs alike.
The series runs across eight sizes: the tabletop CG5024/40 (40 x 18) and CG5024/50 (50 x 21), the mid-range CG5024/70 (70 x 30), CG5024/85 (85 x 30) and CG5024/90 (90 x 40), then the landscape vessels CG5024/110 (92 x 24), CG5024/120 (120 x 27) and CG5024/150 (150 x 40). If the 150 x 40 is the size you are weighing up, compare it against the Large Low Bowl Planter, which is built as a dedicated oversize bowl. For matching containers in the same composite, view the Polystone Resin collection. One piece of practical advice before you order: chalk the diameter onto the paving or the table first. The 120 and the 150 take up more room than people picture.
Common questions
What size should I choose?
Start with the position. The 40 x 18 and 50 x 21 are table bowls, indoors or on an alfresco setting. The 70 x 30, 85 x 30 and 90 x 40 sit well at an entry, along a pool surround, or paired either side of a doorway. The 92 x 24, 120 x 27 and 150 x 40 are landscape bowls that need clear floor space around them to look right. If you want something wider again than the 150 x 40, the Large Low Bowl Planter is the dedicated oversize version.
Which plants hold up in a bowl this shallow?
Anything that spreads sideways rather than rooting deep. Clumping succulents do the most work here (Echeveria, Crassula, Haworthia), with ornamental grasses and dwarf bougainvillea for height, bird's nest ferns in shaded positions, and a cascading groundcover such as Silver Falls dichondra to break the rim and fill the surface out. Use a free-draining succulent or container mix, since there is not much soil depth here to hold water away from the roots.
Do the 120 x 27 and 150 x 40 dry out too fast through a Perth summer?
A broad surface does lose moisture faster on hot afternoons, so plan on watering more often than you would a tall pot holding the same amount of mix. Working in your favour, the dense composite walls buffer the root zone against sharp temperature swings. A 20 mm mulch layer of river pebbles or pumice over the soil surface cuts evaporation and keeps the mix from crusting.
