Not a lot of people recommend getting a stone planter for your plants for a variety of reasons. For one, stone planters can be very heavy. If you consider that you will be putting soil and water in these planters, then you will have an idea of ​​how heavy it will be. That's not particularly a problem if you are going to leave your stone planter in one place all year long. However, if you put in plants that need to be brought indoors over the winter, you might find it challenging to haul them in when they're inside a stone planter. What's more, if your stone planter is not weatherproofed, then the cold and heat of the elements can easily break it over time. Stone planters are also vulnerable to staining, and these stains can be difficult to remove. As a material, stone doesn't contract or expand, which it may need to do when the weather changes from hot to cold. Once broken, you will need to get rid of your stone planters. It will end up in a landfill somewhere because stone planters are hardly recyclable. However, because of the beauty of stone planters, you simply cannot dismiss them outright. If you are going to use stone planters, you might want to choose the right plants for them. If you live in an area that gets really cold over the winter months, then choose plants that are winter-hardy. Also, choose stone planters that are weather-resistant.