Flower Pot Arrangement Ideas

Strawberry Pots

• Strawberry pots are flowerpots that have pockets incorporated into their sides. Originally used for planting strawberries, hence their name, they now are used for interesting arrangements of a variety of plants.

  Fill the top, as well as the pockets, with an assortment of cooking herbs like parsley, thyme, rosemary, basil, marjoram, oregano and sage and set the pot outside the kitchen door for quick access while cooking dinner. Use a strawberry pot for an assortment of aromatic plants, suggests the Gardening Know How website, and plant "heliotrope, sweet alyssum, lemon verbena, and even miniature roses." Located on a deck or patio, where you entertain or dine they fragrance the air and your yard.

Oversized Poolside or Patio Pots

• Locate large, oversized pots poolside or on your patio. Plant an unusual tree like an angel trumpet in the pot's center. Angel trumpets are nocturnal flowering plants that open with dusk and emit a heavily perfumed fragrance. Underplant the tree with a plant such as Lantana camara, or common upright lantana, selecting a variety that will matures at 12 to 18 inches in height for your planting zone. Save space for an ivy geranium that will grow over and trail down your pot, adding a splash of color against its side.

Window Boxes

• Window boxes, located on the railing of an outdoor porch, deck, or hanging underneath windows, add a touch to a home in summer. Since Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day all fall within the summer growing months, in most of the United States, they are a natural place to show patriotism with red, white and blue flowers.

  Plant a large window box with a blue flower, such as lobelia, to the pot's rear. Arrange and plant red geraniums in front of the lobelia so that the colors bounce off each other. Select a bright, brilliant red for the best effect from a distance. At the front of the pot in front of the geraniums, plant a few white wave petunias. There is no need to plant many, as they spread quickly and bloom all summer. Tuck a small flag in the box or drape it with small bunting on the front of the window box.