You may want to get in touch with some local landscapers and ask if they've kept any large containers or if they'd call you when they get some. They are always in supply for those who plant landscape size plants for a living.
just a thought...

Most nurseries will have them available for their own purposes - perhaps they'd be willing to sell you a couple. My own nursery has a pot exchange where customers can dump their landscaping or nursery containers when empty and they are free for the taking to anyone else who might want them. Otherwise, look in the yellow pages for nursery supply companies.

http://homeharvest.com/containergardenpotsplastic.htm

thanks guys, sounds good.

From an industrial supply source, we purchased a number of very durable plastic drums in 15 gal, 20 gal and 30 gal sizes. With holes drilled, they have made excellent, longlasting planters for fruit trees and blueberry bushes.
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I've been known to use those huge solid round laundry tubs that you can get at walmart very cheap(they have rope handles-you can take off). I painted a few with terra cotta paint and you really cant tell what they were before lol. They just look like all the other plastic terra looking pots but huge! I grew bananas and brugmansias in them last year. Just make sure to drill large holes in the bottoms.

I know our local Home Depot has such large pots....some plastic, some ceramic looking. Cant really tell, they're high up.
Nurseries generally have large plants and would surely have containers they'd fit in.

We find them in the inside garden section at WalMart here in our area (zone 7). Spring is the best time to find the larger containers before they are bought up.

Merry Christmas.

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