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Adding front door plants instantly boosts curb appeal.

Creating an inviting entrance doesn’t need to be a huge undertaking.

It might be as simple as adding one container or plant.

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Mix in different types of plants, such as flowers, vines, evergreens, and seasonal plants.

Using containers allows great flexibility and makes changing plants to match the seasons easy.

Check out these ideas for creating a striking and welcoming entrance with the help of plants.

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Keep them deadheaded, and they’ll bloom all season long.

Give these plants a lot of sun to keep them thriving.

The best part about creeping Jenny is it’s hardy to zone 4 to 9.

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Colorful Caladiums

Why is pink such a popular color in the garden?

For starters, it creates a bold color contrast with green.

But pink is also thought to be a very soothing color.

Large stone planters outside white brick house with large ferns and purple petunias

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Consider dwarf arborvitae or globe arborvitae to make a statement.

Although they have “dwarf” in their name, some can grow 12 feet tall.

These planters' blue-green foliage and earthy colors create a pleasing and neutral palette.

Window box planter filled with pink flowers and plants including caladiums, lantana and verbascum.

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Contrasting Impatiens

Red and green aren’t just for Christmas.

Opposites in the color wheel, reds, and greens complement each other.

Impatiens need a shadier spot and the warmth of summer to grow well (USDA zone 10-11).

Small whuite bungalow with white steps and potted and hanging green plants on porch

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Vining Ivy

This windowbox is planted with flowers and plants that incorporate trailers orspiller plants.

Ivy is a go-to vining plant perfect for hanging baskets too.

When planting ivy, check that it has a shady spot.

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Although temperatures are rarely an issue, it grows well in USDA zones 4 to 13.

The brass and copper wall sconces and fittings are a perfect addition.

plant for the center of a design, although see to it it has full sun.

Potted evergreens and grasses on a porch in front of windows

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Except for all-green varieties, the cooler the temperature, the more colorful the cabbage will become.

These plants thrive in USDA zones 2 to 11. likeliriope, cordyline, orhakone grass.The colorful annuals in the containers enhance the pastel walls.

Textured Hydrangeas

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This striking modern house has alarge front yard areasoftened with multiple plantings.

front door planters with various greens

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Billowing Pussy Willow

These grand planters are overflowing with assorted spring annuals and sprightly ivy.

Bountiful Periwinkles

This charming swan container adds a touch of whimsy to this entrance.

Plants like periwinkle grow as perennials in USDA zones 4 to 9.

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These big baskets of lilac pink petunias are eye-catching and low-maintenance.

Petunias will flower all season but need the sun for the most profuse flowers.

Contrast this larger plant with a compact, dwarf shrub in a container.

Window box on white house contained deep muted colors of autumn plants

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The bright colors pop against the house’s neutral whites and shutters' grays.

These plants love the sun but need some protection during periods of intense sun.

Mums flower the best in full sun, although they can tolerate partial shade.

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These perennials will return annually in USDA zones 3 to 9.

These plants work well in mixed border gardens, flower boxes, and patio containers.

The unique flower heads look like snapping dragon heads.

Grey painted front door with red autumn wreath and orange and white pumpkins and mums

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Snapdragons grow best in full or partial sun and warmer temperature zones like USDA zone 7 to 11.

Tropical Palms

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Chinese fan palms are one of several palms suitable for containers.

Hardy geraniums (Geranium) are an excellent choice for cooler USDA zones (3 to 9).

Small antique urn planted with green cabbage and delicate trailing vines

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Wood sage offers striking flowering spikes.

When crushed, the leaves ofculinary sagecan flavor food and give off a pleasant scent.

These tropical plants are native to Africa, growing best in USDA zones 9 to 11.

Flowers in containers alongside pale peach colored outer wall and cobblestone street

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These topiaries also make a grand statement for entrances.

Keeping these plants in containers ensures that they don’t spread invasively.

These plants in the aster family are hardy, perennial, and drought-tolerant once established.

Brick house with wide brick steps with pots of mums and planters

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They grow in USDA zones 3 to 8, returning each year offering a sunny disposition.

A sun-seeking tulip is a full-sun plant that sparks joy at the doorway.

These bulb plants are hardy down to zones 3 up to 8.

Modern house with grey stone and black trim with plantings of hydrangeas and grasses

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Brilliant Coleus

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Coleus plants never fail to grab your attention.

These foliage plants also produce flowering stalks throughout the summer, although the main attraction is the leaves.

These plants are only perennial in zones 10 to 11, usually grown annually in cooler zones.

Large pedestal planters in front of staircase entry with ivy, pansies and pussywillow stems

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They are perennial vining shrubs, often used in hanging baskets and ground covers.

Kalanchoe also produces pretty flowers, although it needs abundant sun to produce enough energy to spur blooming.

Most succulents, like kalanchoe, are drought tolerant, often storing moisture in their thicker stem systems.

White swan planter with white flowers and vines

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Spring Daffodils

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The trumpet-shaped heads of daffodils like following the sun.

These bulb-flowering plants make a colorful statement in yellow, cream, and orange hues.

They grow in USDA zones 4 to 8 and flower in early spring.

White house with front porch entry with hanging baskets of pink petunias

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Look at planting a summer selection of plants withdaisies,marigolds, orcoreopsis.

This plant returns every year in USDA zones 3 to 8.

Consider putting them together withheuchera, hosta, and Ligularia when grown in containers.

Entrance with multiple hanging plants and container plantings

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These plants grow in USDA 4 to 9, delivering a flush of flowers in early summer.

Some will re-bloom in late summer, and at least one throw in only blooms in the fall.

Queen Elizabeth roses are a good choice for a doorway for several reasons.

Rubber tree in planter in front of dark wooden door in white stone building

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These full-sun roses are among the easiest to grow, with good disease resistance and a welcoming fragrance.

They are hardy to USDA zones 5 to 9.

All these plants do well in full or partial sun, although they prefer more sun to less.

Planter and windowbox on white house with grey shutters, both planted with purple flowers

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Whimsical Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea are some of the most striking climbing, vining flowers to grace an entranceway.

Let your creativity guide you to choose colors, textures, and shapes you enjoy in combination.

White house with porch, bamboo chairs with white pumpkins, pots of orange mums

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Bright snapdragon flowers in a box.

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Geranium Caliente Fire

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sage growing in a planter box

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elephant ears

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ligustrum vulgare (privet) pruned into round flowing shape - hedge, front town garden, april

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Beautiful summer garden flower border with Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia yellow coneflowers

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Red, orange and white tulips lined in front yard of house

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pink, purple, and green coleus with tiny pale purple flowers in brick planter

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Lantana hedge

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Kalanchoe Delagoensis being grown in a pot

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Daffodil flowers with white and yellow flowers in garden

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Astilbe plant with pink plume-like flowers in shade garden

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Clematis

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Queen Elizabeth rose

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dusty miller

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bougainvillea on the exterior of a house

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