Create a Mailbox Garden to Brag About
Dress up your front yard with a mailbox garden. With some hardy plants and mulch, your mailbox garden will make you the envy of the neighborhood.
Creating a mailbox garden can be as elaborate or as simple as you want.
To carve out space, you can outline with pavers or other edging material. For added appeal, pick out a new mailbox that suits your taste or perhaps one with a planter attached. Or, give your existing mailbox a fresh coat of paint to keep it looking new.
Your mailbox garden can be as simple as placing planters underneath the mailbox, which takes less than an hour. Try lightweight planters with different depths, such as the Bombe planters, above, made of a blend of natural stone, resin and fiberglass. They are water tight, weatherproof and resist damage.
Just be sure to plant annuals and perennials that can take harsh conditions by the street, including heat in the summer and salt in winter. See below for suggestions.
When you visit the The Home Depot Garden Center, you’ll find many containers filled with color coordinated blooms and foliage, taking the guesswork out of creating something from scratch. In the case of Drop ’N Blooms, just pop into your favorite container, water regularly and enjoy.
For a fall mailbox garden, read about end of season flower stars that could easily work in one.
For a mailbox garden with pizazz, check out these options:
Perennials
Plant these low-maintenance perennials and you can practically forget about them. They’re heat and salt tolerant for those who live in areas where pavement gets treated in winter.
- Clematis (vine shown above)
- Sedum
- Tickseed
- Coneflower
- Black-eyed Susan
- Rosemary
- Ornamental grasses
- Daylily
- Hosta
Annuals
Switch out these annuals for seasonal interest and color. If your mailbox garden is in a shady area, choose annuals that do well in partial or full shade.
- Pansies
- Petunias
- Calibrachoa
- Marigolds
- Mums (See these at your local The Home Depot Garden Center)
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