Hi! Welcome to my Momcrieff blog! I’m so glad you stopped by. I blog about simple recipes and I love gardening. I’m not a great gardener but know lots of people who are. They allow me to photograph their garden creations and flower planters and then I get to share them with you!
My neighbors and friends have a green thumb! Many green thumbs! Their hard work deserves to be shared. Take a look at what they have done to brighten up their outdoor spaces. It makes my efforts look feeble but I’ll keep on trying :). Let me show you their pretty planters – they are just delightful to look at!
Amy’s pretty planter by her walkway
Don’t you just love the gorgeous green of Amy’s sweet potato vine in her planter? Every year her vine look gorgeous!
Another planter of Amy’s on her back deck.
Some people are not only good at putting a planter together, but at staging it as well! I’m on the lookout for a cut log now. I’m in love with the way this planter has been featured in Diane’s backyard!
Diane’s planter – behind a rock, perched on an upright log.
Diane’s front door planter
And oh, the pretty window boxes I’ve seen!
Angie’s gorgeous window-box.
And another one:
Another of Angie’s window boxes!
About two minutes from my house is a local restaurant. I have stopped to admire the flowers (red geraniums) numerous times! I’ve actually thought about asking how they keep their geraniums blooming so profusely all summer long.
Window boxes of geraniums. Gorgeous!
Here’s a closer look at them:
Geraniums!
I get so envious when I see these. Mine don’t do nearly as well.
On the other wall, another type of geraniums are growing in the window boxes.
Red Geraniums
A closer look!
I love the cascading flowers, so bright and cheery! They greeting you at the front door at Mary’s house.
A cascade of flower’s on Mary’s front step. Look how gorgeous this is and it’s only one type of flower but different colors!
And then some planters hung high to add some height to the flower display.
Hanging basket to add some height to the flower garden.
Happy Fourth of July! A festive planter on Erica’s front step! More of the cascading I love. 
And then there are some non-traditional planters. So beautiful for their uniqueness!
Marigolds! They look so fresh and pretty now. Look at the burst of yellow color!
Jo’s flowers in her planter are almost as tall as I am!
Love the marigolds!
I got caught snooping in this planter, trying to figure out how those marigolds were propped up to be so high. Ummmmmmm, they aren’t propped up, they just grow happily that way. Sorry for snooping Jo!!
And of course a tomato planter! Nothing better than fresh tomatoes!
Oh, and if your summer flowers run out of oomph, just squeeze in a fall flower for some new color and height. I confess, I cheat sometimes 🙂 .
My tired planter got a new bright plant to revive it.
My simple planter to add a splash of color on my driveway:
Red pot with red geranium.
I’m going to be in trouble because I was asked not to put these planters in this blog. But, it was so cutely photobombed by one of my favorite four legged friends! Hi Annie!!
Annie photobombing Lori’s petunia planter photo-shoot.
As I was taking pictures at Lori’s, I looked across the street and had to share Magaly’s planter with you! It was such a fun pop of color beside the driveway closer to the street. It wasn’t tucked right by the house and that’s why I think I noticed and loved it. I’ll have to try to do that. With a log that I need to find. Oh, these planters are inspiring me for next year already!
Planter closer to the end of the driveway.
I have had planters on my mind for a while now. Even when I drop off my kid’s at their friends homes, I check out what kind of planters there are. I LOVE, LOVE what Karyn did with her planters on the red bench. It’s a very shady area but she managed to make it so bright and inviting. I was told that Liz may have helped :).
Red bench with planters
Thank you for letting me share the beautiful flower planters I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks. I hope our summer lasts just a little longer so we can enjoy them just a little more!
Want to see some more? I went around my neighborhood again! More flower planters for you if you click through on the button below!
When I first wrote this post, the main comment I received were comments looking for advice on how to plant containers!
Click the button below to go to my “How I plant my front door flower container”. It’s an easy tutorial where I list the plants and tell you the logic behind what I plant.
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Boy, am I glad I chanced upon your blog! I loved looking at all the gorgeous planters featured here. Yes, and I love your witty writing, too! So you are ‘on the lookout for a cut log’, eh? But do you have a rock??
Thank you! I loved how my friend did that so I did something similar at my house.
using the red bench with the planters looks just awesome 🙂
It’s actually never been a concern in our neighborhood. However, I have put together planters for my husbands office and I know the staff were betting on whether they would be there on the next Monday or not. I personally would plant my plants in the ground if there was a serious threat of my planters being stolen. The planter and the plants cost too much for that to happen! If one was stolen, there probably wouldn’t be a second : (.
I’m not trying to be funny, but how do you prevent people from stealing those from you? Especially the ones by the front door…it is that an issue in my neighborhood? LOL (while crying)!
I want to move to your neighborhood so I can enjoy all the beautiful flowers.
These are gorgeous planters. Will definitely try some of those combos. Hope I can choose the right plants for our hot SC summers. My front porch gets most of summer sun.
Susan, these are soooooo LOVELY!! Wonderful inspiration…I’m a planter lover too and these have given me some great ideas. I especially love the window boxes…oh, the colors!!! Had to pin it (;
Beautiful! I wish I had a green thumb. Unfortunately, I’m stuck with a black one! 🙂