It is Spring! My kids are almost out of school, the grass is green (we’ve even cut it a few times), birds are chirping, and it is time to plant flowers! This month’s theme for Better Homes and Garden’s post (BHG at Walmart) was Spring entertaining. Since I did a tablescape last month, I wanted to highlight the entry. Your doorway is the first thing your guests will see when they come to your house. Make it springy with flowers!
I ordered two of these 16″ Bombay planters online and had them shipped for free to my local Walmart since they were sold out at my store. I can see why, they are gorgeous! Not only does BHG have cute planters, but they sell flowers as well!
If you have a really tall planter like this, add packing peanuts, empty plastic post upside down, or something else light weight to the bottom half of pot so you don’t have to fill the whole thing with dirt. It makes the pot easy to move and your plants don’t need that much dirt anyway.
I like to add different textures as well as heights to planters so I grabbed some grass, vines, and of course flowers. I try to get a plant with small flowers and one with large flowers. Make sure you are choosing flowers that all have the same sun requirements. Don’t mix a shade loving flower with a sun loving one.
These are my top picks for outdoor planters from Better Homes and Gardens.
I love them and I think I need a couple more for over by the garage.
Have you planted any flowers yet? What are your favorites?
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This is so pretty to keep them looking amazing remember to add fertilizer (Liquid Fish) say around July, this will give those plants an added boost. I normally use Llama tea from our farm which is fantastic and my planters love it.
I love liquid fish! It stinks but works great!
Great mix Stacey, and the pots looks beautiful flanking your door!
I like your flowers they are beautiful, the pots are really nice I’m going to look for them at Walmart. So far this spring I have only planted some tomatoes , my flowers are next. thank you for the tips
Just about every piece of electronics you buy, comes packaged in Styrofoam block.. I fill my large pots till about 6″ of the top and then add my soil. This makes it so much easier than picking out packing peanuts if you compost your previous years soil…After filling with soil…. thoroughly shake the pots to allow the soil to settle between the blocks… and add more soil of course. Rarely will root development go any deeper than the top 6 inches.
I love these tall, slim planters. Definitely going to check them out online. Thanks for the planting tips and thanks for linking up with us a the #HomeMattersParty this week!