If you pull the four pots on the four corners to both sides and arrange them in three long and three short rows, as follows:
A - B - C
Germany-Britain-France
G - H - I
You can arrange 9 pots of flowers in line 10, with 3 pots in each line, that is:
ABC、DEF、GHI、ADH、BFI、BDG、CFH、BEH、CEG、AEI