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This month we will be looking for orange. One of the most vibrant colours, orange is zingy and fresh. It’s a warm colour, friendly and inviting. Soft at dawn, but louder at sunset. From the palest of peaches and apricots through to copper, rust, salmon-pink and terracotta, the range of orange shades in the natural world is phenomenal.
I am a huge fan of terracotta (Italian: “baked earth”) pots, although they don’t always survive a harsh winter or a slight tumble. The colour of terracotta can vary from a hue that ranges through reds, oranges, yellows, and even pinks due to how the iron content in terracotta’s clay body reacts with oxygen.
I’d love to have one of these large Italian urns for my garden.
And if you look up at some of the older properties you might spy a terracotta chimney pot or two.
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Lots of terracotta shades around here and they do suit gardens so well. Love the old pots – full of mellow character!
I have a terracotta Chiminea, but no photos of it! I like the ‘turned-down chimney pots, never seen any like those before.
Best wishes, Pete. x
Having a look, back tomorrow probably.
Terracotta pots have that natural, laid back feeling, I have some little ones I’ve been wanting to make into a scarecrow. For my entry I have some orange artificial mums that my kids and I used as fall leaves in our Halloween globe 🍂
https://coolesse.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/upcycled-halloween-globe/
Forgot the link! 😄
I love the terra cotta colors in the orange spectrum, Jude. Here is my Sunday Stills color challenge post published today. Thanks for hosting the color challenge! https://secondwindleisure.com/2021/10/10/sunday-stills-monthly-color-challenge-burnt-or-blood-orange/
It’s been said so many times above, the terracotta shades are so good, their warmth and mellow charm are attractive.
Clay/terracotta pots are definitely the best. I made the mistake last year of picking up some “self-watering” pots and almost killed some of my longest living indoor plants. 😦
Lots of terracotta around our place Jude, but I’m putting them into retirement at the moment…
They are not the lightest of pots to be lifting, that’s for sure.
Especially when full of soil and plants…
Oh yes! I have just spent all afternoon potting up spring bulbs and my back aches now. I have to limit the amount of bulbs I buy next year. Restrain myself to the small ones!
Hard to restrain yourself, they do look so beautiful when they appear after a long cold winter.
True. The anticipation begins in January.
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