Garden Design Around Mailbox
How extravagant you get is up to you but consider the size maintenance and access to the space before you begin planting.
Garden design around mailbox. Mailbox garden design centers on the mailbox and the space around it. Add a garden path. Create the cottage look.
Gardening around a mailbox adds curb appeal and gives your mailperson something nice to view along their route. Learn more about cottage style. Combine easy growing varieties such as anise hyssop sedum phlox aster and shrub rose for the lush relaxed appearance that characterizes cottage garden style.
Beautiful options include great blue lobelia w ild lupine lavender hyssop or prairie blazing star. Plus most of them bloom nonstop all over the summer. Surrounding your mailbox with flowers instantly makes your front yard more welcoming and approachable.
Be creative with your mailbox garden by incorporating pots and stones too. You can choose from several wildflowers to get the spire shaped growth habit like the purple flowers in this photo.