How to Plant the Perfect Planter

Nothing adds to the beauty of your backyard more than a well-maintained wooden planter box. However, if you mess up your planter box, it just makes your backyard look sloppy and immature. Here's a few tips I found to make your backyard into a relaxing getaway simply by planting some flowers.
• Shop smart! Buy small, potted plants at your local nursery. Make sure that they all have the same requirements for amount of sun. Also, be sure to pick flowers of varying heights.
• Before planting, place your planter in the position it will be viewed from. This way you can be sure to create the most aesthetically appealing arrangement from the angle it will be seen.
• Fill the planter with loose potting soil up to two inches from the top of the planter.
• Plan your arrangement with the plants still in their pots before planting anything. Make sure you have your whole planter designed before you take any plant out of its pot.
• Be sure to plant the tallest flowers in the back, put the smallest flowers in the front, and plant the medium plants in between. That way you can see all your flowers at the same time, and your view of the smaller flowers will not be obscured by big, tall plants!
• Start by planting the tall flowers in the middle of the back row of the planter, moving outwards and forwards as you plant. Then make indentations with your trowel around your taller plants and place the medium plants in those indentations. Keep working outwards, forwards, and smaller as you plant.
These are just a few helpful hints to making your planter the best it can be. Check out this website where I found these tips if you need more info!