A corner planter is chosen in two steps, and they are easier apart than together: the footprint has to fit the corner, and the height has to do the job you want. Everything in this collection is square in plan, so the footprint is a single number.
The four footprints
We carry corner planters on a 12, 14, 16 or 24 inch square footprint. Measure the shorter of the two walls meeting at the corner and take off the clearance you want to walk past; what is left is your ceiling.
12 inch suits a balcony corner or a stair landing, where anything larger stops being furniture and starts being an obstacle. Miami, Hollywood and Delray sit here, at 18, 24 and 32 inches tall.
16 inch is the middle, and the one most people end up with. Tolga at 24 inches, Potsdam at 32 and Perth at 42 give you the same plan with three very different silhouettes.
24 inch is an architectural piece rather than a pot. Torino, Antwerp, Brisbane and Darwin run from 18 to 42 inches tall on that footprint, and a 24 inch square reads as built-in rather than placed.
Height is what you are actually choosing
The footprint decides whether it fits. The height decides what it does. Under about 18 inches a corner planter is a low mass that holds seasonal planting and keeps sightlines open. Between 24 and 32 inches it starts to define the corner. At 42 inches, with Perth or Darwin, the planter alone is chest height before anything is planted in it, and it screens.
Empty weights run from 9.2 lb on the smallest Cuba Corner to 55.6 lb on the largest Darwin, so even the big ones can be positioned by two people before they are filled. Every exterior dimension, interior opening and empty weight is published on the specifications page.
What a corner planter is not
It is not triangular. A lot of people picture a planter cut to a 45 degree face. These are square in plan and sit into the corner on two sides, which is what makes them stack into a run and share a size with the rectangular models. If you need a true triangle, this is not it, and it is better to know now.
It does not save as much floor as it looks like it will. A 24 inch corner planter still occupies 24 inches along both walls. What it saves is the awkward wedge behind a round pot, not the footprint itself.
It is not a balcony solution on its own. On a balcony or a roof terrace the planted weight, not the planter, is the constraint, and that is worth reading about before ordering: see rooftop planters: weight, access and wind.
Drainage and finish
Corner planters are not drilled unless you ask. Jay Scotts will add drainage holes free of charge at order time, to their standard of one to two inch holes roughly every 12 inches, but a drilled planter is final sale. If the planter is going outdoors and will hold soil directly, ask for it. Our drainage guide covers when you need it and when you do not.
Every model here is finished to order in any of the 20 standard colors, or a custom match. Corner units are often specified to disappear into a wall, which is where a matched custom color earns its cost, and custom color orders are final sale.
