Mailbox Planting
With just a few well-chosen plants, you can turn something as small as the area around your mailbox into a unique garden opportunity. Your efforts will not only delight your mail carrier. By surrounding your mailbox with some simple tokens of botanical beauty, you will be making a statement of welcome and hospitality to all who pass by. The challenge is that mailboxes are sited in a variety of (not always ideal) conditions. Most of us aren’t particularly inclined to drag a hose out to the mailbox very often or fuss over prima donnas. Simple plantings that stay within their bounds, “read” from a distance and don’t block sight lines, but do contribute a long season of interest, are in order. Road salt and deer may be a factor in some areas. So where to begin? We can help. Below you’ll find an assortment of dependable, low-maintenance perennials that will thrive around mailboxes. Choose plants for either sun or shade, depending on how your mailbox is sited.
Aronia melanocarpa Low Scape Mound®
Buxus NewGen Independence®
Hydrangea serrata Tiny Tuff Stuff™
Sporobolus heterolepis
