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Insta Curb Appeal

May 11, 2015 By: Michele McDonald9 Comments

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!You guys know I love a good gardening project! Today I’m showing you a simple way to create Insta Curb Appeal in a single pot! You just need a few plants and some outdoor ribbon. It’s a great way to greet your guests on your front porch when they arrive at your home! And it won’t take much time at all to complete!

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!I headed to my favorite local nursery to search for some amazing Monrovia plants that I could pair together for a unique container garden. Did you know… Using one large pot with several plants can have WAY more impact than using several small pots each holding just a single plant? It’s true! If you know the trick to pairing you will find it SUPER simple to create a container garden with impact.

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!I came home with dianthus, lilies, and creeping phlox.

Here’s my secret to creating a stunning container garden:
– one large plant a.k.a. “the stunner” (the lily)
– one compact plant with long lasting blooms a.k.a. “the fill” (dianthus)
– one trailing plant, blooms preferred, but greenery works, too. a.k.a. “the spill” (creeping phlox)

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!In this container, the lily immediately catches your eye and draws it to the mini garden. The dianthus will provide blooms all summer long and should start blooming soon. You can see a couple already starting to pop up. It provides the filler for the pot. The creeping phlox will eventually trail over the edge of the pot and bloom for a couple of months and act as the spiller. Even when the phlox stops blooming, the greenery will still look good trailing over the pot.

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!I add small river rocks to most of my potted plants. It not only looks pleasing, but also helps with watering by preventing the dirt from splashing up and keeping the pot moist so you do not need to water as often. I have also found it tends to discourage squirrels from digging in your pots.

Create Insta Curb Appeal with a carefully crafted container garden!The lily prefers part shade while the other two plants prefer the sun. My front porch tends to only get a couple of hours of evening sun which works out pretty well for this combination of flowers. Be sure when you are matching your plants that they can co-habitate in the same pot without any of them getting too much or too little sunshine.

I finished off my look by wrapping a bow around the pot with some pretty outdoor ribbon. I can’t wait to have my guests see this when they arrive at my home!

So go grab your Monrovia plants and a big pot and get your house guest ready! It’s amazing the difference a few fresh plants can make for your curb appeal!

 

 

Linking up to Flamingo Toes, Today’s Creative Blog, Tidymom, My Repurposed Life,
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Comments

  1. Angela McKinney says

    May 25, 2015 at 12:10 PM

    Beautiful plant selections. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
  2. Katherines Corner says

    May 24, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    You made some lovely plant selections. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Watch for your feature on Tuesday xo

    Reply
  3. Lou Lou Girls says

    May 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM

    Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday at 7pm because we love to party with you! Happy Memorial Day! Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
  4. Brandi Clevinger says

    May 23, 2015 at 8:40 AM

    These are so pretty! I recently came into gardening (two months ago) and I am working on my black thumb. My husband says it’s gray now because I haven’t killed anything yet. haha I have the larger plant in your pot. Two, actually. I love those plants! They are so pretty. Gardening is so relaxing for me, too!

    I found your post at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup !

    Reply
  5. Shellie Bowdoin says

    May 23, 2015 at 1:25 AM

    Pot gardens are definitely the way to go…they are much easier for me to manage! Thanks for joining us on Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday!

    Shellie
    http://www.thefabjourney.com

    Reply
  6. Evija says

    May 22, 2015 at 4:02 AM

    Thank you for joining our Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday Link Party. Stunning photographs & I love the burlap, thank you for sharing. Have a great day, co-host Evija @Fromevijawithlove

    Reply
  7. Hannah @ Eat, drink and save money says

    May 21, 2015 at 7:21 PM

    I love the burlap ribbon!

    Thanks for linking this up with Share the Wealth Sunday!

    Reply
  8. Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says

    May 18, 2015 at 12:28 PM

    This is so pretty! I never know what works well together but I love the idea of putting several plants in one pot!

    Reply
  9. Karen says

    May 18, 2015 at 7:57 AM

    What a great planter!
    I would love for you to stop by my blog and join our Monday-Thursday link party Something to Talk Abput!
    Have a great week!
    Karen

    Reply

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