Our Asian garden pots last virtually forever, and will not crack in a hard freeze. This is because of the extraordinarily high temperatures at which they are fired. Pots from places such as Italy or Central America are often fired around 700 to 800 degrees. Our Vietnamese and Chinese garden pots are fired at temperatures well in excess of 2,000 degrees for extended periods of time. This gives them extreme density, preventing moisture from being absorbed. It is moisture absorption, which expands as it freezes, that causes those other garden pots to fall apart after one or two years.