You have decorated the corridors with living garlands, hung your
Christmas tinseland I designed a few DIY Christmas decorations with the children. Even your Christmas cactus begins to bloom for the holidays. Now is the time to give those outdoor planters some love!
Creating beautiful outdoor planters gives your home instant curb appeal, and you don’t have to be a designer to create a lovely seasonal planter that will last for months.
All you need to get started is a container and your imagination! Outdoor Christmas Planter Ideas can incorporate everything from natural or artificial greenery to found objects you’ve collected from your garden, such as pine cones, sticks, willow or birch branches, and berries. A mixture of different textures and shapes makes the pot more aesthetic and interesting.
There’s no real trick to arranging greenery and other decorative items in outdoor planters. Just follow the “spiller, filler, thriller” rule that you would use to create any garden container. Combine plants and objects that can be:
- Dischargers: Plant material that extends dramatically over the edges of the pot, such as large branches of fir, spruce or pine or pieces of boxwood cut from your garden; Short pieces can also be tucked along the edges of the pot to cover the rim of the container.
- Fillers: Straighter material, like curly willow sticks, large branches that you’ve spray painted white or silver, or red twig dogwoods.
- Tthrillers: A material that adds a “wow” effect, such as rattan balls, an LED lantern, shiny ornaments or sparkling pine cones
If you insert true evergreen stems into the ground in warmer climates, water the pot regularly. This will help the cuttings stay supple.
In colder climates, don’t worry: Most mixed evergreen containers will last for months, especially if they’re not in direct sunlight, like on the porch.
As the season progresses, you can remove the more festive parts of your decor, such as ribbons or ornaments, and your planter will look great all winter long. Simply cut off any pieces of greenery that start to brown.
Ahead, get inspired for your own creations with these outdoor Christmas planter ideas: