By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer

We saw these containers designed by Kelly Lamb on the L.A. at Home blog of the Los Angeles Times and thought they were so amusing and original we wanted to share them.  I love the way they draw extra attention to sculptural plants like succulents.  But I also thought they seemed particularly appropriate for California with our shifting tectonic plates and even shakier state budget.

The concrete containers, called Geo-Planters for their geodesic dome shape range in price from $80 to $195 and are available at Mohawk General Store in Los Angeles or though Kelly Lamb's website.