Terracotta planters crack in the first frost. Thin-wall plastic fades and becomes brittle in a single summer. You need a planter that holds up to outdoor conditions and still looks good - season after season. Galvanized steel pitcher planter. 12-inch height. Smokey Gray powder coat finish over galvanized steel - the coating fights rust and UV degradation that ruin lesser planters through a Midwest freeze-thaw cycle. 2 lb weight gives it enough heft to stay grounded in wind without being immovable. Standard on garden center displays and landscape installations across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa - what garden designers and property managers choose when they need planters that look good in April and still look good in October. In stock at Crofton Lumber (Crofton, NE) and Akron Lumbe Stocked at Crofton Lumber and Akron Lumber.