Patent ID: 8468742
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A planter having a body suitable for receiving a volume of plant growth medium and the root structure of a plant, the planter having an opening such that the plant hangs downward from the planter through the opening when the planter is hung in an elevated disposition, a retainer means which removably engages the planter at the opening to reduce the size of the opening to hold the plant in place, and a reservoir for holding a body of fluid, the reservoir being removable from the rest of the planter and being located above the body of the planter which holds the growth medium and roots of the plant and having at least one of a wall and floor of a porous material through which the fluid gradually moves from the reservoir into the planter's body by seeping into, being held in, and passing through at least one of the reservoir wall and floor to at least one of water and nourish a plant when planted within the planter, the planter being formed so that when it is in use it is secured in said elevated disposition by a hanging means on the planter with the root structure of a plant contained within the body and at least one of a stem and foliage of the plant passing through the opening through the retainer means to hang in a downwards disposition from the planter.