About Oros Planter
Lift one and the weight tells you it is not stone. The Natural Stone Grey finish carries the colour and grain of dressed stone, but the body behind it is light enough to move on your own — off a garden pedestal, onto a patio sideboard, across a courtyard — without a trolley or a second pair of hands. The silhouette is rounded and plain, which is why it sits as comfortably in a living room as it does in an alfresco area.
Three graduated sizes cover most of what gets asked for at the counter: 26 x 22 for tabletop herbs and flowering annuals, 34 x 30 for a single upright foliage plant, and 46 x 38 for a full outdoor specimen. Indoors, or under a covered veranda where rain never reaches the soil, an optional self-watering insert drops inside the vessel and takes the watering off your list.
Oros is the anchor profile of our Cimstone Lite collection, so the shapes alongside it share the same finish and the same handling weight. Grey is a finish worth seeing in daylight before you commit to three of them, so contact us about a product or project and we will tell you which sizes are standing on the floor in Malaga.
What does the self-watering insert actually do?
It sits inside the vessel and holds a water reservoir below the root system. Moisture travels upwards by capillary action, so the plant draws what it needs and you refill far less often — the main reason people choose it for indoor rooms and patios where a missed week shows quickly.
Which size should I plant with what?
The compact 26 x 22 suits tabletop cyclamens, ferns and culinary herbs. The 34 x 30 takes an upright peace lily or a trailing devil’s ivy. The 46 x 38 has the room for bushy flowering shrubs, a dwarf citrus or a mixed foliage display.
Planting straight into the pot outdoors — what about drainage?
Check the base drainage hole is clear before you start. Cover it with synthetic mesh, lay in a 5 cm layer of coarse drainage aggregate, then fill with an open-draining potting mix matched to the plant. Without the sub-irrigation insert, that free path out of the base is what keeps roots off waterlogged soil.
Will it mark a timber table?
Not if you plan for it. On timber dining tables, stone consoles or desks, sit an internal saucer under the root ball or use the sealed self-watering insert, and moisture stays inside the planter rather than migrating to the surface underneath.
Does the Natural Stone Grey finish need much upkeep?
Very little. The grey surface is matte and lightly textured, so dust settles into it rather than on it — a dry soft brush lifts most of that, and a cloth wrung out in warm water with a little mild liquid soap handles the rest. Wire scourers burnish the texture flat and bleach or acidic cleaners lighten the grey in patches, so keep both well away from it.
