Plant pots on driveway ?

[AlwaysOnTheRun1014]

Hi all,

We have got our driveway done, I had trellis on the wall and some plants in pots climbing up (rose&jasmin seperately ). Now after the driveway being done, we have taken the trellis down so we can get the front painted.

But I want to put more pots like group them together, will it look odd ? DH thinks I will be ruining the beauty of new paving.

You don’t see many driveways with plant pots. So I’m sort of scared to look silly,

While we wait for painting front as it’s too cold, I’m setting up plants in pots on patio so once front is done I can move them.

If anyone has a driveway with plant pots and would like to share the pic, pls do.

DH thinks I will be ruining the beauty of new paving.

New paving isn't beautiful. It's plain, cold and hard. Plants and flowers are beautiful. If there's one thing I can't stand it's seeing houses with perfect lawns/drives and no personality or plants.

You're right to want to group them....I don't think regimented pots looks good, ever.

What sort of pots have you got? I have pots on my driveway...and a vintage trailer full of succulents and marigolds too! None of my pots match...mostly terracotta though.

Hi FortuneFaves, thank you for replying, yes mine are terracotta too, mostly all different designs and I’m collecting more .

I have some galvanised zinc ones too.

Sorry FortunesFave.

Oh me too! I like zinc...you know best OP. Perfect drives are ugly.

How much sun does the driveway get? You can definitely soften the space with pots. Can you reinstate what was there previously?

It gets plenty of sun, more than my garden does.

It was a complete jungle so wouldn’t want to reinstate what was there .

Ah I feel so much better that I’m not ruining the look of it. Drive does look nice since we had a jungle that’s been cut down so it gives sense of space and looks clean. But has no character and that’s what I’m trying to bring:)

Did you upload the right photo? Maybe troughs so you don't lose much drive width.

Damn how do I delete it I accidently put wrong pic

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@AlwaysOnTheRun1014

Hi all,

We have got our driveway done, I had trellis on the wall and some plants in pots climbing up (rose&jasmin seperately ). Now after the driveway being done, we have taken the trellis down so we can get the front painted.

But I want to put more pots like group them together, will it look odd ? DH thinks I will be ruining the beauty of new paving.

You don’t see many driveways with plant pots. So I’m sort of scared to look silly,

While we wait for painting front as it’s too cold, I’m setting up plants in pots on patio so once front is done I can move them.

If anyone has a driveway with plant pots and would like to share the pic, pls do.

A few houses in my village have got pots on the drive and it looks great. I've obviously not seen your paving, but I'm struggling to see how paving can really be "beautiful"?

Argh, I didn't see the photo. Your plans are great - the paving is nice but not standard, and putting some plants on it will look lovely.

Bog standard, not 'not standard'

Anyway, go for the pots.

Make sure they're high enough that you can see them when manoeuvring in the drive!

I don't think pots on driveways are unusual.
As everyone says, hard landscaping is just the foundation of a garden. The plants, trees and flowers are the beauty. My dad always had loads of pots everywhere, and every garden he had was the nicest in the street. Go for it.

Pots at the front of my house is my project for this year too!

Thank you everyone! I will continue my mission of collecting more pots

I thought that you might like this clip from Rachel de Thame on GW. She's grouping her pots by the back door but many of the hints apply.

Thanks for sharing this clip Senua, loved it!

Pots are a good idea, will absorb some rain and help prevent new run off problems. This is an issue with new paving, often what was there before absorbed significant water. Tell your dh that!

I’m glad you will get more pots. Paving is disastrous for wildlife. Bring pots onto the paved area will really help.

It’s just so difficult and expensive to find nice big terracotta pots.

@AlwaysOnTheRun1014

It’s just so difficult and expensive to find nice big terracotta pots.

I use half wine barrels. I'm in Australia in a wine region though so they're easy to find quite cheaply...could you look for those?