.If you are thingking of  building outdoor planter boxes for your plants then you will definately benefit from using Californian redwood lumber.  It is both durable and rich in color making it the ideal planter material.

While redwood is also really easy to look after and to work with, there are some very expensive redwoods as well as some cheaper versions.

The different grades that you can expect to find include the cheaper Construction Heart and Deck Heart which will contain nots and is uded for load bearing applications near the ground.

Construction Common and Deck Common contain sapwood and knots and are used for decking and above the ground Merchantable Hear is all heartwood, contains large knots and is used near the soil.

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