I have a couple of blue ceramic pots that I want to put on both sides of my front door. One of them has grass (which is all dry) right now. What do you think will look good in these? ( photo / image / picture from Tina's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Tina's Garden )
Pretty pots. I'd want them to stand out so I would go with an upright evergreen. I cheap one because you'd probably have to replace it after a few years. Although I do have a mungo pine I thinned out the branches to look kind of like a big bonsai. It's been in its pot for well over ten years. Every few years I have to take it out and add more potting soil to the bottom, but it is still very happy. Some years I get ambitious and add flowering annuals also (small leafed like alyssum or lobelia). Whatever you plant will be lovely.
Whatever main plant you decide, I'd add some creeping jenny to trail over the sides. The neon green of the vines would stand out wonderfully against the blue of the pot!
whatever you choose make sure it is full. Add a few other things for texture and interest, too. Even if it is a few tall twigs. Something to give it some height.
Great ideas so far! I think something tall, lush, dramatic like elephant ears would be cool there, one bulb per pot. Some pretty Tradescantia zebrina trailing out at the bottom, some Coleus for mid-range interest. Hard to say though from only seeing such a small part of the house, if the style would match. Your house might be too formal for that kind of wild, tropical look. Maybe Coleus alone in that case. Pretty red Cordyline fruticosa. As warm as your zone is, you could probably have some pansies or snapdragons going for winter. Hydrangeas might survive for a few years. Can the pots freeze? They're in danger of cracking if so. Not that it's not possible or that others don't find many such things, but I can't find anything I want in pots permanently, so usually change the display in pots in prominent locations like these for the seasons. Dropped the ball and have nothing this winter!
