We have two bluestone patios right outside our house on the Cape; one in the front, and a smaller one in the back. The back one faces a little rose garden, meant to echo the larger rose garden “up the hill,” as we say, at my in laws house. Theirs was planted in honor of my husband’s grandmother, Florine. Unlike the front garden, in which I only allow white and blue/purple flowers (yes, the guy who plants the flowers and helps weed thinks I’m crazy), the back garden has yellow roses, coral roses, and violet roses. (I had the pink ones replanted at my in laws because the color was annoying me.)
I had always planned to do low, long modern planters on the perimeter of the bluestone patio in the back, which is outside the guest rooms. Instead, that patio is sad and deserted (except for the roses, of course). My brother-in-law is getting married in Provincetown this summer (to a woman, just in case you’re wondering, given the locale), and much of the bride’s family will be staying at the house. This has motivated me to once again start thinking about enhancing the patios with modern planters.
While the funky, colorful ones are fun, they’re not really right. We’ll need minimalist planters with clean lines, planted with architectural forms, I think. No floppy pink pansies in terracotta troughs allowed. I’m thinking succulents and spiky grasses. I already grow some herbs in a vegetable garden (with our lone vegetable—or fruit rather—cherry tomatoes).
As for the front patio, given the lounge chairs and the view, we’re all set. Maybe the entry porch could use a pair of medium-sized planters as a welcome. Maybe brightly colored, planters could work there. Of course I’ll have to order all of this online; local garden shops only carry the usual traditional style planters. Yawn.
Here are 20 modern outdoor planters, most of which will work indoors too.
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1. Greenbo Fiorina Planter Case
2. Arteriors Home Huntley Round Cachepot Planter
4. Case Study Cylinder Planter with Stand
6. Capital Garden Products Geo Cube Planter
9. Pad Outdoor POD Aluminum Planter Ver 1.0
10. Planterworx Home Element Planter
11. Modernica Case Study 3 Bowl Plant Stand
12. Greenbo XL Designer Rail Planter
14. Hip Haven Retro Bullet Planter
15. Round Brushed Stainless Steel Burgdorf Planter
16. Cyan Design Box Woody Planter
17. Sunscape Cedar Square Planter
18. Steel Life Matchstick Planter Stand
19. Planterworx Home Element Rectangular Planter
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