Love the colour coordination with the dog's collar and planter.

Unfortunately Daniel, "trends" seem to overlook commonsense. I'm very sad for this house - another lot of bricks buried under grey paint to need maintenance for ever more. Sorry Elisha.

This is a potted avocado tree...we planted it in a plastic tub instead of a proper pot but cut 6 10cm x 1cm slits in the bottom. At the very bottom there is a small dead animal then potting mix then it is topped with a layer of mulch. But it just will not drain and everything I read tells me the tree will die. Why won't it drain and how can we make it drain?! The pic shows it 2 hours after watering, I gave it maybe 3 litres of water...less than I give any of our other established potted plants. Also just before I took the pic I added sand to the mulch to try and get rid of some of the sitting water but not much help...

What plants and trees would you place in pots to create a patio wonderland. I have fig, lemon, lime. Prefer aged Terracotta.