Woodie’s Picks: Four Essentials For A Modern Winter Porch Pot
It’s officially holiday hosting season! And what better way to welcome your guests to your home than with an extravagant yet sleek modern winter porch pot? The best part–the main ingredients to this planter are evergreen, so you can keep the display up year-round and switch out small elements when needed to make it seasonally relevant!
We recently partnered with the brand Hooks & Lattice on this winter porch pot design. They provided the polished contemporary planter, and we incorporated our best-selling plants to make a porch pot that wows onlookers and elevates the feel of any outdoor space! In this blog, we will highlight the favorable qualities of the Urban Planter, as well highlight the benefits of the various plants we used in the design.
For a visualization of the full planter assembly, be sure to check out the video tutorial on our YouTube Channel!
Hooks and Lattice Urban Planter
Hooks and Lattice is a window box, planter, and exterior shutter manufacturer, supplier, and retailer located in Carlsbad, California. Since 2001, this elite garden retailer has served customers nationwide, offering top-quality home and garden products that improve both indoor and outdoor living spaces.
H&L offers a wide range of carefully curated handmade planter boxes that are both aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting. For this collaboration, we selected their Quick Ship Modern Round Fiberglass Planter. The sleek urban design makes this planter extremely versatile and perfect for a range of different outdoor landscape design projects.
Additional benefits of the modern cylindrical planter are its smooth matte finish, lightweight nature, and durability to last in both extreme heat and freezing conditions. The planter can be conveniently shipped to your doorstep making for convenient and easy installation in your landscape.
Four Must-Have Plants For Your Winter Planter
Now that you’ve found the perfect planter, it’s time to select the perfect plants to display in it. Lucky for you, we have some ideas! Below are our top suggestions for elements to incorporate into your very own winter porch pot this holiday season.
Emerald Petite Arborvitae
Your porch pot's ‘Thriller’ is going to be the standout centerpiece and the first thing that catches the eyes of onlookers. For this reason, you must be extremely selective in choosing which plant to feature as your main point of interest. We chose to feature the Emerald Petite Arborvitae.
As a dwarf version of the well-loved Emerald Green Arborvitae, the Emerald Petite shares many of the same loveable qualities, including lush evergreen foliage, a low-maintenance care regimen, and tolerance to drought conditions! The best part, though, is its small form, perfect for use in planters or small spaces.
Tassel Fern
The next important component of your planter is going to be the ‘Filler.’ This is what will ultimately fill the empty space around your ‘Thriller’ and add elements of texture and color to your porch pot. We chose to use the Tassel Fern as our ‘Filler’ due to its vibrant green hues and long feathery foliage that explodes out of the pot.
The Tassel Fern is a well-loved perennial that is deer-resistant, low-maintenance, and absolutely breathtaking in any display! It thrives best in partial shade and is best suited for USDA zones 5-8.
Blue Rug Juniper
No porch pot or container garden is complete without a ‘Spiller.’ This is a component of the planter that spills over the edges and creates a fuller and more whimsical look to a planter. For this winter porch pot, we chose the Blue Rig Juniper as our ‘Spiller.’
The Blue Rug Juniper was an obvious choice to incorporate into this planter. Its cool blue tones and needled foliage were the perfect complement to the shiny and smooth foliage of the arborvitae and fern. The Blue Rug is hardy to USDA zones 3-9 and highly adaptable to a range of environments. Its creeping habit will ensure that it fills the vacant spaces of the planter quickly.
Red Twig Dogwood Stems
Last on our list of elements to include in your winter planter is not quite a live element, but it surely adds an element of flair and beauty to your winter display. Whether you purchase a bundle or forage it from your yard, Red Twig Dogwood Stems bring a much-needed pop of color to any winter planter! Disperse the stems throughout the planter and watch as the vision of holiday cheer and festive flair really comes to life!
Shop Winter Porch Pot Essentials Online Today
No matter your style or vision in mind for your holiday décor, we guarantee a planter filled with colorful plants will take your outdoor space to the next level! Shop our wide range of winter interest plants online today and enjoy shipment directly to your doorstep!