The Cuba is the planter for spaces where a tall screen would feel oppressive and a wide trough would feel out of scale. Just 35.6 centimetres deep and 30.5 centimetres tall, in lengths from just under a metre up to nearly two — proportions designed to draw a green line through a space rather than build a green wall. It defines without dividing, separates without blocking sightlines, and gives a terrace, courtyard or interior the gentlest possible kind of horizontal structure.

It earns its place where most planter systems can't quite fit. On a balcony where 61 centimetres of depth would lose half the standing room, a row of Cubas runs along the railing and gives the planting room without giving up the floor. Along the edge of a hotel pool deck where guests need to move freely, the slim profile keeps circulation open while the planting still reads as continuous. Between restaurant tables, the height is low enough not to interrupt conversation, but the line of greenery is unbroken — a soft, planted threshold that defines a zone without ever feeling like a barrier. In a residential entry hall or office reception, the narrowest depth is sometimes the only depth that will actually work.

Despite the compact proportions, the Cuba is a complete modular system in its own right. The four lengths (91.4 / 121.9 / 152.4 / 182.9 cm) combine with a matching corner piece into clean L-shapes, U-shapes or continuous runs along any boundary. What sets it apart from the other Jay Scotts rectangular systems is that every single element — every length and the corner — has a matching saucer, which makes the Cuba the rectangular planter that moves indoors without compromise. Drainage on hardwood, marble, polished concrete or hotel-lobby stone is handled cleanly from the start. Plant for low, structural display — clipped boxwood, ornamental grasses, layered seasonal flowers, fragrant herbs — and the slim line of greenery reads as architectural detailing rather than landscape.

Every Cuba is hand-finished in the same automotive-grade composite fiberglass as the rest of the Jay Scotts collection. It endures from −20 °C to +50 °C without cracking or fading, and stays light enough to be repositioned by hand — particularly meaningful for the indoor configurations where seasonal change or layout edits are part of how the space lives. Available in four lengths with matching corner and saucers, in all 21 standard Jay Scotts finishes, with custom colour matching on request.

Ideal for Narrow balconies & terraces where depth is precious · Hotel pool decks & spa edges with high foot traffic · Restaurant zoning between tables & banquette divisions · Indoor architectural detailing on stone, wood & polished floors · Residential entry halls, hallways & circulation zones · Office receptions, showrooms & boutique retail · Low structural planting — clipped boxwood, ornamental grasses, herbs · Seasonal flower displays on terraces & balconies · Anywhere a planted line is needed without taking floor space