Rick Taylor

Add curb appeal to your front yard by planting a garden around your mailbox.

Here are some mailbox planter ideas to get you started.

Accent it with a variety of no-fuss perennials such as yarrow, salvia, lavender, and ornamental grasses.

Mailbox flower garden

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Test Garden Tip:Be sure to install edging if your mailbox garden is next to turf.

Edging will keep the grass from creeping in around your perennials.

Have fun with your mailbox garden and go with a different theme every year.

Curbside garden with mailbox

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Keep your neighbors guessing what you’ll do next!

Here, a collection of grasses including Mexican feathergrass add four-season color and interest.

Don’t be afraid to pack in the plants if you love lots of color.

Mailbox garden

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Seasonal Color Mailbox Planter Ideas: Winter

Don’t forget about your planters come holiday.

Decorate the dwarf evergreen with seasonal greens and painted branches.

Add lights and a bow for even more appeal.

Cottage mailbox garden

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Bungalow home front yard

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Front yard trellis and garden

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Front door with container garden

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Front porch with potted flowers and orange mailbox

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Front porch with potted celosia and new guinea impatiens flowers

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Front porch with mums, kale, plectranthus and orange mailbox

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Front porch with wreath and dwarf evergreen

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