Brighten Up Your Driveway With Summer Planters

While driveways certainly serve an important function in providing off-street parking, they don’t often add much aesthetic value to a house. 

However, this can be resolved by adding a few planters on the side of the drive filled with brightly coloured flowers. 

Simply go out and buy some pretty florals for your giant pots, and you’ll be able to improve the front of your home and could even make yourself feel better. 

Gwenn Fried, a horticulture therapy manager, told Good Housekeeping: “Nature has a huge impact on health and wellness.”

Plant some dahlias with their huge 12-inch blooms if you want to create an eye-catching impact. 

Common zinnias are also a popular option, as they can grow tall (up to four feet) and are available in the majority of colours. 


According to Country Living, hydrangeas are the “it flower of summer”, so it is worth having big pots of these along your drive if you want to brighten it up. 

The exciting thing about hydrangeas is they change colour depending on what soil they are in, turning blue in acidic compost and pink in alkaline conditions. 

You can’t go wrong planting some geraniums, whether you put them in hanging baskets, along borders, or in containers.

The bright pink, peach and red shades of the different types of geraniums allows homeowners to “enjoy the fireworks of flowers all season long”. 

For help improving the look of your gravel driveway in Shrewsbury, don’t hesitate to call us today.