Smart Garden Sausage Dog Planter - Weatherproof Indoor/Outdoor Dachshund-Shaped Plant Pot

Smart Garden Sausage Dog Planter

The Sausage Dog is the long, low one in Smart Garden's animal planter range — a dachshund with the planting trough running the length of its back, so it takes a row of small plants rather than a single specimen. On a windowsill or along the edge of a patio table it fills a narrow space that a round pot cannot.

That shape is also its limitation: the trough is shallow and its drainage matters, so it wants plants that tolerate drying out rather than anything thirsty. Smart Garden list it in their Funimal planter range but publish no dimensions or material breakdown, so none is given here.

Performance & Benefits

• Long, low dachshund form with the planting trough running down the back.
• Takes three or four small plants in a line rather than one in the middle.
• Fits a narrow sill, shelf or table edge where a round pot will not sit.
• Modelled detail to the face, ears and tail, painted for outdoor display.
• Part of Smart Garden's Funimal range of animal-shaped planters.

Suitable For

• Succulents, sempervivums, alpines and low-growing herbs planted in a run.
• Narrow windowsills, shelves and the front edge of a patio table.
• Dachshund owners and anyone buying a planting gift with a bit of character.
• Indoor use on a tray, where the shallow trough dries more slowly.
• Wrong for anything with a deep root — a bedding plant or a small shrub needs a Woodlodge pot with proper depth.

How to Use

• Put grit or crock over the drainage hole, then fill the trough with a free-draining compost.
• Space small plants along the trough rather than crowding one large one into the middle.
• Water little and often; a shallow trough in full sun dries out within a day or two in summer.
• Turn it occasionally so the planting grows evenly rather than leaning to the light.
• Wipe with a damp cloth. Keep abrasive cleaners and jet washers away from the painted finish.

Specification

• Dachshund-shaped planter with a trough along the back, supplied unplanted.
• Barcode 5050642067454. Listed by Smart Garden within the Funimal planter range.
• Smart Garden publish no length, height, capacity or material specification, so none is stated here.
• Figures of about 28cm long, 9cm wide and 19cm high, and an MGO body, come from retail listings rather than Smart Garden's own data.