Front Door Planters for Summer

Learn about the flowers I used in my front door planters this summer. It's a pretty combination of shades of purple with a pop of white that looks colorful and lush for the season.

Today I'm sharing my flower picks for the two tall planters that flank our front door for summer.

As you may recall a few weeks ago I shared this easy wagon wheel wreath craft for our front door. I chose the purple and white flowers because not only are they pretty but I knew it would be easy to find similar colors to plant in the planters below.

I was able to find five great plants and they ended up creating a beautiful moody look for our summer front door decor.

Front Door Planter Flowers

Here are the names of the plants I used numbered on the image above.

1. Salvia 'Purple & Bloom' - A gorgeous plant with lush greenery and rich purple tubular flowers. It likes full and part-sun. It may be a little big for my planters so if you have large planters they would work well too. I tend to cram a lot of flowers in my pots as they only last a season. It may require extra watering, however, it's pretty easy to pop out the front door and water these every other day or so.
2. Browallia ' Endless Illumination' - I love this one. It grows in part shade so even though these planters get morning sun, the afternoon is rather shady.
3. Bacopa 'Betty White' - Another favorite that likes part shade, bacopa adds a nice pop of white and will trail down the side as it grows.
4. Ipomoea "Sweet George Heart Purple' - This pretty sweet potato vine will also trail down the side and the foliage adds a nice dark contrast to the other flowers.
5. Calibrachoa 'Cabaret Deep Blue' - You can never go wrong with calibrachoa (million bells or mini petunia). It's another trailing plant and comes in a wide range of colors. It does need sun but the porch gets at least 6 hours of sunlight so it will grow fine here.

If you like to follow the Thriller, Filler, and Spiller formula this combination will work well. The Salvia is the thriller and is planted in the back. The browallia and the calibrachoa (also a spiller) are fillers, and the sweet potato vine and bacopa are the spillers.

Don't you think this combination looks rich and lush? And it will look better and better as it grows throughout the season.

I also like how well the black planters filled with these eye-catching colorful flowers accent the wagon wheel wreath on the door.

Does this give you some inspiration for your own home's curb appeal? After all, your front entrance is the first thing guests will see.