Best Plants to Spruce Up Your Door Entrance

Do you want to make an imprint on visitors visiting your home? Then adding houseplants to your entryway is the best way to achieve this. With door plants, you can add color to your space.

You can find them in beautiful shapes and colors; some even filter out toxins to improve air quality. So, improve the life force energy for everyone entering your home with the beautiful plants we have here on display.

Best Front Door Plants To Make a First Impression

A good first impression starts at your porch or front door, reflecting who you are and how you receive guests.

So, give your front door some tender loving care it deserves. You need not spend a fortune on your entryway and can add some outdoor plants at your front entrance.

We have some greenery that will leave a lasting impression whenever someone knocks.

Calathea Lutea

Calathea lutea, or the “Cigar Plant,” is an ideal choice for a door entrance due to its striking green and large foliage that adds visual appeal and a sense of tranquility.

It thrives in various light conditions, from low, medium, and even full sun making it suitable for different entrance locations.  Its low-maintenance requirements make it accessible to all, ensuring a welcoming and fresh atmosphere as guests arrive at your doorstep. If your entrance has a high ceiling, consider calathea lutea as your door ornament piece for it can reach up to 30 inches tall in less than 2 years.

Complementing your entrance structure with its magnificent view.

Boxwood as Potted Plants

Plant a tall boxwood topiary in a charming container to bring bright sunlight to your entryway. Then plant some evergreen free-flowering plants like lemon 🍋 thyme or jasmine vines to the topiary base.

Then add blooms like spring annuals seen in a White Phlox to make the center stage. Still, if you crave bolder sophisticated colors, swap your Phlox out for orange pansies or violas. All these container gardens need are full sun, shade, and water regularly.

Then trim your jasmine as needed, and after spring, add a summer-long annual like marigold in the place of the Phlox. So, you have a tropical vibe mixed with eye-catching playful colors.

Make a Bold Statement With The Areca Palms

The areca palm will bring in a lot of lively energy for available space at your front door. In warm climates, you can place it inside a stagnant corner or at the door. Then, when winter arrives, you can bring it in. The areca makes for unusual door plants by filtering out toxins to purify the air.

You can place it in a creamy white container or a white one for a refined touch, even at a side door.

Play Around With Blues

If you have dark blue doors, embrace the coming summer by adding some zest to your cobalt blue door. Add some flanking satsuma mandarin topiaries to your bold color inside some sapphire-glazed ceramic pots.

Then, play around with lantanas, zinnias, or cosmos for citrusy hues flowing graciously out of the containers. In spring, the satsuma mandarin displays white blooms, while the fruit of these citrus trees turns bright orange in the fall. It is a cold hardy citrus that you will need to bring indoors when temperatures drop.

Monstera For Love and Kindness

You need not always add a pop of color to your front door, but with the Monstera in different types of planters, it is sure to grab the attention of anyone. The heart-shaped leaves will invite guests in with kindness and loads of love. These plants grow fast part sun and will be rewarding in your entryway.

A Tropical Feel For an Arched Wood Door

If you are lucky enough to have an arched wood door, surround it with some evergreen vines. Grow some English Ivy or the Creeping Jenny on the wall and add a touch of textures with giant urns and some sago palms planted. Keep the urns in bright shade or even part shade to keep them at their freshets.

Sago’s palms are cycads and very cold and hardy in the USDA zone 8 and above.

Fiddle Leaf Fig Planted in a Container on The Front Porch

Who does not love the fiddle leaf fig with its upright trunk and large foliage making a statement? These plants can grow tall, so it makes for a bold statement at the entryway. Still, these are not easy-going plants, but with the proper care, you can cultivate kindness and compassion for others.

Pink Geraniums For Vibrant Color

Place containers with geraniums at our front door, or if you have a porch, hang them in hanging baskets. While many gardeners treat them as annuals, you can still overwinter them when grown in container gardens. Then, all you need to do is remove the spent flowers to help encourage more blooms.

These vibrant flowers are hardy in zones 9-11 but need well-drained soil and six hours of full sun.

Umbrella Tree a Reasonably Low Maintenance Plant

With the tropical green of the umbrella tree, you can grow the dwarf variety in container gardens. Keep it standing at your home’s entrance during the growing season, and take it indoors during winter.

The umbrella tree can remain outside in hot climates and is hardy in zones 10-11. It needs four hours of direct sun with afternoon shade. Keep the soil moist but not waterlogged, and fertilize it once a month.

Boston Ferns Adds Curb Appeal

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The Boston fern or sword fern is another tropical native plant to Florida. These ferns grow their best in warm climates to humidity. They prefer standing in indirect light and are impressive in hanging planters to containers.

All you need to do is keep the soil moist and live in cooler climates; you can bring them indoors to grow as houseplants. So keep them away from direct sunlight and only use small amounts of fertilizers while keeping the soil moist.

Pothos Adds Feng Shui To The Entryway

Uplift your entryway with the Pothos if you do not have a green thumb 👍. These are forgiving plants and super easy to grow for beginners. The other exciting thing is it has trailing stems, making them ideal for a hanging planter on the porch.

Ornamental Grasses For Texture in Planter Boxes

Choose some box planters to fit in with your decor, and add some ornamental grasses. You can find these grasses with different textures and colors combined with other plants.

We recommend the Leather Leaf Sedge, Feather Reed Grass, or Pink Muhly. Even the Purple Fountain Grass is very drought-tolerant to work well in summer-long heat. You can grow them as annuals or perennials.

They do need regular watering and thrive in direct sunlight to part shade.

Petunias, An Old Time Favorite

Get endless supplies of summer blooms and vibrant colors with petunias. These annuals work well in cooler climates, and you can grow them as perennials in warmer climates. You will warmly welcome our guests with these plants at your door.

With their trailing habit, they adapt well to pots or on the ground to a hanging planter. You can find them in different flower colors, from neutrals to purple and creamy white blooms. Please provide them with moist soil but not soggy to grow healthy plants.

Cactus at The Door Area

Cacti take little care, thrive in hot 🔥 climates easily, and will feel at home as front-door plants. They need at least six hours of sun and need no watering often. It is important to give them enough drainage and avoid watering those rounded leaves.

Pink Bougainvillea is Suitable For Warmer Temperatures

Give your guests a warm welcome with the bougainvillea in a container to trail through a trellis. Ensure water when the soils dry or you notice the flowers and plants wilting. You will need to prune the dead leaves to branches to keep them healthy.

Roses to Welcome Guests

If you have an entryway providing full sun for at least 6 hours a day, then containers with roses are a delight. Water them well to provide even moisture, and wait until it is dry before watering them again. Add some mulch to help retain moisture and deadhead spent flowers for more blooms.

Caring For Your Front Door Plants

Regarding our plant ideas for your front door, you need to understand each plant’s needs. So, consider the ideal climate, watering needs, fertilizer, pests/diseases, and sun conditions. As with indoor plants, you need to cater to the exact needs of your front-door plants.

• Check your growing zone in your climate to find out which plants you can use. For example, some plants prefer full and partial sun to partial shade. If you live in colder climates, you can grow your flowers annually to change the color the following year with something else.

• For more direct sunlight, you may need to water your containers to hang plants more. If your porch is covered, choose plants that only need indirect light.

• Lastly, consider your plant’s feeding needs to encourage blooms or healthy growth. Some plants need well-draining soil, and others need little water. Also, keep an eye on pests and diseases with your plants standing outside.

Final Thoughts

With the plant ideas, we hope you can find suitable front-door plants to add feng shui to your entranceway. Whether you decide on small trees to plant in small pots, always consider their needs and the time you need to care for them.

So, if you are ready to transform your entry space into a planters heaven, then make sure to check out our catalog to find a suitable one.