How to Decorate Your Patio with Plants

Does your patio need a bit of improvement? Fret not, as simply utilizing your plants will enhance the overall appeal and attract more people to relax in it. Plants can add color and beauty to one’s patio if you are creative enough. Here’s a quick guide on how to decorate your patio with plants to give you some inspiration.

Use Containers

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One way to keep a bunch of plants looking neat is to plant them in containers. This way, they can be relocated from one area on your patio to the next whenever you want. Likewise, this eliminates the need to dig up the ground and to constantly remove weeds. Instead of a single container, we recommend getting several either with the same design or with different sizes.  Choosing the former creates uniformity while the other adds depth to your patio.

Choose annuals that look gorgeous and can be easily replaced after a year. For example, the Black-Eyed Susan Vine has heart-shaped foliage with flowers ranging in color from white to orange. Likewise, fuchsias are great in hanging containers. These attract hummingbirds to your patio while also having bell-shaped blossoms. Moreover, fuchsias thrive in partial shade, which is likely found on your patio.

Invite Butterflies to Your Patio

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Apart from hummingbirds, butterflies are also welcome to pay a visit to your patio. Some of the flowers that attract these beautiful flying insects include cosmos, daylily, aster, calendula, bee balm, and butterfly bush. Cosmos enjoy full sunlight and they can grow even if the soil isn’t fertile.

Moreover, the bee balm not only attracts butterflies but also bees and hummingbirds. As their name implies, butterfly bushes have vivid flowers that are highly attractive to butterflies. Grow these flowering plants in planters, containers, or in window boxes. Apart from helping out nature, you also get to have people appreciate the butterflies.

Create a Sense of Privacy

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While a patio should make your visitors feel comfortable, you probably wouldn’t want others from constantly peeking at you guys. Furthermore, there’s something relaxing if the patio has a bit of privacy. Instead of putting up a fence or a wall around your patio, you can grow some tall shrubs and trees. For example, you can grow juniper and cypress trees in large containers. Both of them look great while also covering the view of the patio from others.

Another option is the boxwood, which is popular as an ornamental hedge in many gardens. Even if you don’t heavily maintain the boxwood, it will still look great. In fact, it can reach a total height of 20 feet if you don’t prune or trim it. The most common variety of boxwood has green foliage, but there are also boxwoods that have some shades of white or gold. You can grow boxwoods in containers or in the ground to serve as a natural wall.

Play with Colors

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One of the simplest yet most creative landscaping ideas out there is to take advantage of colors. If you want your patio to have a cool and relaxed theme, you can grow plants such as blue salvia, the white-colored candytuft, blue hydrangea, and white bacopa. There’s also the licorice plant with its gray foliage.

On the other hand, you can bring in vibrant flowering plants. The globe amaranth comes in strikingly red or purple colors, among others. Of course, sunflowers will give your patio a lively shade of yellow. Use marigolds to have some bright orange on your property too.

In conclusion, your plants can greatly improve your patio. Grow them in containers, plant shrubs that invite butterflies and hummingbirds, grow tall shrubs and trees for some privacy and experiment with colors. We hope our guide helped you out. If you have any queries, feel free to send us a comment… Ann

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