Plants on the porch liven up the space.
Potted front porch plants ideas.
Oct 1 2020 finds lots of ideas for beautiful container gardens for your porch from hanging baskets to interesting containers for your steps you ll find it here.
The large size is ideal for the front porch load it up with small potted plants to create the look of a mini english garden.
Click here for ideas on shade plants to try for covered porches.
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Containers can provide excellent drainage but the plants depend on you for water and nutrients.
Many of these ideas feature vintage or repurposed containers and are very easy to put together.
If you re looking for a trailing plant to frame your front door whether you plan to hang it or let it trail upwards from a pot or a window box english ivy is a great.
Shrubs and larger perennials often stay smaller in a pot though this depends on the plant climate and container.
Footed handled urns placed in front of the porch pillars are planted with multihued elephant s ears to emphasize height drawing the eye up while verbena and petunias fill out the center as purple plush tradescantia trails gracefully downward.
Plants in containers require different care.
Houseplants are often perfect summer and spring low light plants but there are others too.
With a few supplies you can transform them into these gorgeous planter boxes.
Add a coat of stain and a simple diy stencil and you have a box that looks like it s been around for decades.
So dust off your gardening gear and pot up a couple cold hardy containers.
If you have a shady yard or want to perk up a shaded spot in your home at your front door on your porch or around your patio put together a pretty shade loving container that s also easy to care for.
A spot of color and life on your front porch can ease the winter doldrums.
For a plant life in a container is much different than one in the ground.
When spring comes around it s time to think about what kinds of flowers and planters you want on your front porch.