Steps in addition to linking different levels, concentrate attention along a specific route. Freestanding pots can be place on the treads, if the steps are wide and deep enough creating a wonderful display. As steps are often flanked by walls, climbing plants may be considered. In many small outdoor spaces, such as balconies, basements and patios, the surface area of the wall is considerably greater than that of the floor. Such high boundaries, if left bare, can present a wide range of possibilities for container planting, which will clothe them in greenery to give color and interest all year round.
Walls also provide valuable shelter for plants, allowing the more tender of species.
Wall hung terracotta are ideal for annuals, which can provide instant color during spring and summer. Freestanding pots placed against the bottom of a wall can hold climbers which will either cling to the wall or be trained up it, using a means of support. A group of three terracotta wall hung pots make a simple but pleasing composition against any wall, they can be planted with annual, spring flowerings and different ivies. Windows and small balconies These make excellent places for a pottery grown garden. They may be in an open position, catching more light than at ground level where they will also escape the worst frost.