Red, White, and Blue Flower Pots

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Hello!  I’m so glad you’re here today! I’m looking forward to an amazing Memorial Day weekend and hope you are too!
Here in Utah we’re finally having some summery type weather and I have loved taking some time to be outside soaking up a bit of sun.  I cannot wait for  school to be out for the summer, just a few more days!!  In case you haven’t already realized it I have an undying love for red, white, and blue decor, inside, outside, DIY, store bought…it doesn’t really matter, I’m a sucker for it all and I just love it.
Today with the help of Nate and my sweet mother in law, I got all of my pots planted and even planted some flowers in the ground (there’s a long story for why this is a big deal but the basis is, my next door neighbor has about 2398308 cats and they love to pee and poo in my flower beds {insert angry face here}) along with new mulch everywhere…our yards already look 100x better and we’re not even done yet.
The last couple of years I have had the opportunity to work with Western Gardens (a local nursery) and feel like I have learned so much about flowers.  Make no mistake, I have a long long long way to go but from where I started I feel like a genius already.  With their help I created these Red, White, and Blue Flower Pots last year that made me so happy I did all my pots in red, white, and blue this year and they’re already making me just as happy.  There is just something about the mix of these colors that is good for my soul.
Because I am so nice I am going to share some of the tips the Western Gardens staff shared with me that made my first red, white, and blue flower pots look as good, if not better than a professionally created one.
First things first.  When it comes to creating eye catching red, white, and blue flower pots you need to follow this basic (and life changing for me) step. Thriller, filler, and spiller.  Every pot should have all 3.  A thriller is something tall that really catches the eye.  A filler is most flowers, they look pretty and take up space in the pot.  A spiller does just that, spills over the sides for added dimension and beauty.
For my red, white, and blue flower pots I used the following flowers and I will label what I consider each to be:
Cordyline Indivisa Spikes – thriller
Red Zonal Geranium – thriller
White Petuna – filler
Verbena Voodoo Red Star – filler
Verbena Obsession Red – filler
Bacopa Snowtopia White – spiller
Lobelia Dark Blue – spiller
This combination created such amazing red, white, and blue flower pots.  I got so many compliments on them and I’m not lying when I said I’ve been looking forward to recreating them for a year now.  Today was a bit dreamy creating not one, not two, but SIX red, white, and blue flower pots to put in both my front yard and on my back patio, tomorrow I’m headed out to get small American flags to put in each pot just because I think it will add the finishing touch.
Another tip, this time from my awesome mother in law.  To help with both drainage and not having your flower pot weigh 400lbs fill the pot 1/2 full of packing peanuts, then fill another 1/4 of the pot with a good potting soil.  Lay your flowers out on top of the soil in the pattern you want to plant them.  Break up the bottom of the soil and roots and plant in the soil.  Add soil to the top to fill the pot.  Once planted water well right away.
If you’re looking for a way to really dress up the front of your house you need to create your own red, white, and blue flower pots.  You may also need a few more items to really round out your red, white, and blue decor so check out these other projects for a perfectly patriotic summer!
4th of July Sign
All American Floral Arrangement
Patriotic Star String Art