If you liked the Pot-in-Pot concept http://floridafriendlyplants.com/Blog/post/2009/03/03/Pot-in-Pot.aspx and benefits we described for garden planting try Container Gardens planted to be buried in the ground. Use this time-tested method:

1. where you find it difficult to work in ground beds on your knees
2. where you want to swap container gardens to have the best looking plants in place
3. where you have difficulty digging because tree roots or rocks
4. where tree or shrub roots will encroach into your rich organic flower beds
5. where nematodes (microscopic root feeding worms) are a problem on certain plants
6. where you need to save the cost of incorporating organic matter to build a rich flower bed
7. where all you have is sand in your garden
8. where all you have is coral rock in your garden
9. where you need to save money on water by focusing the water in the container
10. where you need to keep fertilizer contained and available for the plant with less leaching
11. where you need the ability to rotate the best bloomers to the front of the bed
12. where you need the ability to experiment with color in the design
13. where you want to plant before the last frost free date and have the option to lift and protect it
14. where you want to experiment with a plants suitability to your light levels
15. where you might need to rotate the containers to face the sun when it comes from 1 direction
16. where you can change your landscape in the dead of night while your neighbors sleep

Drop in a container of the same size and shape that nest together neatly.

Change of season....Change your mind...Change your planter

When its time for a little maintenence or weeding, lift the planter out of it's home in the ground, spray

some roundup on the weeds and let it dry. Replace your planter.

Why not a Pot-in-Pot in a Pot and then into a Pot buried in the ground? Presto chango!