Decor tips to add French charm to your home and garden
Versailles planters, Where To Use it, What Plants works better, How to Grow a Tree in a versailles planter box, and more!
Decor tips to add French charm to your home and garden
If you are planning to add a french touch to your garden or home, firts of all start by looking for the sizes and colors of versailles planters available and then start by planning how many outdoor planters you will need to beautify your spaces before the cold winter is gone, keep in mind that most versailles planters are made to order and usually takes 8 to10 weeks to make a normal order.
I wrote this blog to help you adding the french touch to your home and gardens with some examples of decorating with outdoor versailles planters, to help you create a sophisticated touch, as well as guidelines on choosing the right colors, types of plants and trees, and where to place them! Let’s get into it.
1. Versailles planter boxes to add French charm the facade of your home
Decor tips to add French charm to your home and garden
The strategic use of adding a french touch to your home and garden can make a huge difference. Plants add a touch of nature. They clean the air, make rooms feel fresher, and make outdoor spaces more wild and natural. The front facade of a home is the first things that greets you and your family members as well as guests visiting your home.
And since you get in and out every day, and for your guests visiting your home you only get one chance at a first impression, the entrance or facade of your home is a perfect place to include a couple of french style versailles outdoor planters. Try to add one on each Side of Your Front Door.
If you have a large home you can also try to put more than two versailles planters next to your entrance door for an entryway look that is welcoming and refined!
Any color will be ok but it also depends on the colors of your front door or the color of the wall and windows, depending on the style of your house.
Versailles planters, Where To Use it, What Plants works better, How to Grow a Tree in a versailles planter box, and more!.
The best plants to use are topiary trees or boxwood this two options would be a very nice touch, while adding a few small hanging flowers would be a great idea too.
You also have the chance of adding a versailles planter as an under window flower pot, we developed an elongated rectangular versailles planter that will fit perfect under the front windows of your home, in this case you will fill it only with many colorfull flowers amd hanging flowers, you can place one rectangular versailles planter under each front window, too.
2. Versailles planter boxes Enhancing Pool and Patio Areas
If you have a pool, what better way to spruce up the surrounding area with 4 beautiful French style versailles planters. You could either place them close to the edges of the pool or next to your pool stairs to add a french style look.
As you enter or exit the pool, you’ll feel like you’re in a beautiful chateau next to the river Loire in France. Not to mention you’ll love the sweet smell and look of the nice topiary trees and hanging flowers.
3. Versailles planter boxes On Your open air hallway or Porch or Patio
All our clients house house owners located in the United States follow these simple guidelines, when French style versailles outdoor planters are placed on the open air hallway, porch or patio, they make any house look like a charming French countryside villa!
4. Versailles planter boxes Creating Barriers, Helping with Noise Management
Versailles planters for homes and gardens can help create barriers that serve a wide variety of purposes. This is a great way to increase a visual impact on the visitors and guests, and also the planters will add some French formal garden touch to the gardens.
Versailles planters Helping with Noise Management, This can include directing foot traffic as well as creating entirely new spaces, like separate seating areas. Versailles planters can be extremely helpful in reducing noise. That’s because plants, particularly those with large, thick leaves, can actually absorb soundwaves.
5. Versailles planter boxes Next to an Outdoor Reading Bench
Make your home look like the gardens of Versailles by placing French Versailles style planters next to benches surrounded by lavenders and agapanthus.
This will not only create a beautiful cozy seating area, but will also make your bench a very pleasant place to relax or read a book with a glass of rosé wine, as if you were sitting on a bench on the French Riviera in the south of France.
6. Versailles planter boxes Outside your home or Garage
Add a french touch to your garden by decorating your outdoor space with a few versailles planters surrounding your home.
Not only will these french style planters add a charming touch to the exterior of your home, but these versailles planters, flowers and topiary trees. You can also place a few more versailles planters next to your garage doors!
7. Versailles planter boxes Anywhere in your home and garden
French chateaux as they have large gardens they usually have versailles planters with topiary plants, but most homes in France as they have small spaces such as the Countryside villas in France typically feature versailles planters with topiary plants and also with many colorful flowers.
You can also use our versailles planters to decoration for Christmas season, you can use one for the Christmas Tree on the interior of your home
Many homes are not painted with colors on the outside walls, this old houses only have monochromatic stone colors on the walls so they are in desperate need to lift the mood of the owners as well as to the visitors, they even have competition and prizes for the most flowered villages of France, the most flowered villages or small towns receive a prize and a label of national quality of life.
Spaces that are filled with diverse greenery and planters can improve people's health. Studies have found that people generally feel more relaxed and comfortable around plants, and plants can reduce the levels of stress. Plants are also natural air purifiers, allowing your home, and outdoor spaces to benefit from clean, fresh air, plants can remove the pollutants in your home.
8. Versailles planter boxes Next to Armchairs or Rest Areas
Add to your garden some French charm by placing more Versailles planters next to your armchairs. They'll make those outdoor afternoon breaks and snacks even more special!
9. Versailles planter boxes Surrounding and Framing Flower Beds
Adding outdoor versaillles planter on each corner of your flower beds with a nice rounded buxus or with opiary tree is a great way of making it beyond beautiful. The versailles planter boxes can act as the main French style object in your flower bed too.
10. Versailles planter boxes On a Balcony with Balustrade or in front of a Veranda
Add a French touch to your balconies with balustrade, or in front of french veranda with some French style outdoor versailles planters, these planters are a symbol of beauty, perfection, strength and luxury, since ancient times. The touch of color and excellence for your home, or business, simply magnificent.
Best Plants for French style Outdoor Versailles Planters
Not sure what plants will thrive in French style outdoor Versailles planters?
The best advice is to go to your local Plant Nursery for advice, then if you need ask for help, after that buy the onces they recommend or if you are on your own and you need some guidelines.
Pick your favorites from this list of plants that are a must have for your French outdoor planters.
Topiary trees for versailles planter boxes:
Photo above: topiary trees at Mnaoir de Eyrignac
Shapes include topiary balls, pyramids, cones, spirals and standards. Topiary is both elegant and eye-catching, perfect for adding style and structure to gardens and urban spaces alike. The characteristics of a good traditional topiary plant are smallish evergreen leaves and a bushy habit that can be clipped and cajoled into shape to provide year-round structure.
Alternatives to box include yew, which can be clipped tightly to keep the size down, Ilex crenata, Euonymus japonicus ‘Jean Hugues’ and Lonicera nitida, all of which have a compact habit and glossy dark-green leaves.
Photo above: original photo from Versailles Palace orangerie gardens
Photo above: original photo from Versailles palace gardens
What is the easiest plant for topiary ?
Plants like the holly, laurel, boxwood, and privet possess these attributes and are excellent choices for topiary. The most popular amongst these choices is the boxwood.
Top five topiary plants for versailles planter boxes:
Phillyrea latifolia, Fantastic in every way, with rich foliage that looks good even on a dull winter’s day. It clips well and if left alone turns into a beautiful sculptural little tree.
2- Laurus nobilis (Bay), Great for simple, larger-scale shapes, this is readily available and easy to grow.
3- Quercus ilex (Holm Oak), Ideal for windy spots and even coastal gardens, as it is so tough. Clips and shapes really well.
4- Ligustrum ovalifolium (Privet), Cheap and quick to grow, it has bright green foliage that clips well. Fully evergreen in milder gardens.
5- Boxwood Bush: Buxus or boxwood plants come in quite a few different species. The best for topiary are English box (Buxus sempervirens), Dutch box (Buxus sempervirens suffruiticosa) and Japanese box (Buxus microphylla var japonica).
Bright green foliage retains its color all winter long. The upright, natural cone shape makes it nice for topiary or accent use. This slow-growing type has emerald green summer foliage that bronzes in winter.
Top five Citrus Trees to grow in versailles planters:
5 Best Citrus Trees for versailles planter boxes (Growing Citrus In Pots)
Growing Citrus in Pots is not difficult due to their manageable height and low maintenance! Citrus trees are, without a doubt, container gardeners’ most favorite fruit trees.
Oranges, lemons, tangerines: there are so many to choose from. Not just for the fruits, they usually make excellent container plants due to their lush foliage and scented flowers—enough reasons to grow them on your balcony or patio.
Like all trees, you plan to grow in a pot, always select either a natural dwarf or a tree growing on dwarf rootstock. These citrus trees won’t grow tall and produce enough fruits in optimum conditions.
Most fruit trees produce the best harvest when they have a similar type of tree nearby to cross-pollinate. However, most citrus varieties are self-fertile, and you don’t need to grow multiple of these trees together. Good news for small-space gardeners because it means you don’t need to waste space with a second tree.
1. Potted Kumquats trees for versailles planter boxes:
Kumquats produce fruit that looks similar to oranges but much smaller in round or oval shape.
2. Potted Lemon trees for versailles planter boxes:
Lemon trees are usually short. Grow any variety you want if you live in a climate with mild winters. Lemons are a great choice for areas with both hot and mild summers. They especially enjoy a warm subtropical climate and coastal areas and will produce fruit year-round. It is one of the Best Citrus Trees for Containers!
3. Potted Mandarin trees for versailles planter boxes:
Clementine oranges are a hybrid of mandarins. Sweeter in taste with no seeds and very juicy. Mandarins grow well in full sun and warmth. If growing in a cool climate, save them from cold drafts and low winter temperatures.
Not all mandarins are clementines or tangerines, but both of these are a type of mandarin oranges. The fruits are smaller than common oranges, usually seedless or with fewer seeds, sweet in flavor, and easy to peel. Due to their short 10-12 feet, you can easily maintain them in containers.
4. Potted Orange trees for versailles planter boxes:
They don’t do well in coastal areas or northern climates with very mild summers. Oranges need hot summers to produce their sweet but little tart fruit. Tip: Choose orange varieties according to your climate and growing conditions.
5. Potted Sweet Lime trees for versailles planter boxes:
Like most citruses, it’s a self-pollinating tree. t prefers a warm climate, and sunny exposure. Growing it is similar to orange trees. Its juicy, sweet, and non-acidic fruits are very fragrant and popularly used to make fresh juices. This short tree can be grown on the ground in USDA Zones 9-11 or any other frost-free region.
Choosing the Right size of versailles planter for your potted citrus trees:
Our versailles planters comes in many sizes from 40cm to 120cm, from square shape to rectangular shapes at the moment we have 12 sizes available and a color palette of more than 16 colors, so you have many options of sizes as well as many options of color ton choose from.
Citrus trees need a versailles planter that is at least 18 inches tall and wide. You don’t have to own a big garden to enjoy fresh oranges! All you need is a little space for a versailles planter! If you are getting a plant from a garden center, re-pot it into a 1-2 size bigger container than the one it came in, it will be good for a few years.
Tip: Choose the pot according to the size of the rootball of your plant. One or two sizes bigger pot than the size of the rootball is ideal. Shift it to a bigger pot once your citrus plant outgrows the container.
Soil
If you want the best fruits, avoid using 100% garden soil. Go for: Two parts high-quality potting mix.
One part compost to enrich the soil with organic matter and essential nutrients. One part perlite, or vermiculite to ensure efficient drainage and aeration. Use a handful of fine bark or coir chips for enhanced drainage and moisture retention.
Repotting
You’ll need to gently root-prune and re-pot every 3-5 years or so. When you notice roots growing out of the drainage holes or circling the surface of the soil, that is exactly when you need to repot your tree.
Watering
Do regular watering! You should water your tree often enough so that the soil only briefly dries out between watering. This may be every day in the summer. Withholding water for the week or two before you harvest will help sweeten the fruit. Water when the top inch of soil feels slightly dry to the touch.
However, when you see it flowering, make sure the soil is never going too dry. When it starts to fruit, consistent moisture is crucial to ensure they are juicy and flavorful – avoid daily watering, though.
Pruning
You don’t need to prune citrus trees at all. Pruning will not improve your harvest. Prune lightly for aesthetic reasons and to remove any dead or diseased branches.
Fertilizer and Soil
To nourish your container-grown orange tree, use a balanced liquid fertilizer diluted to half its recommended strength once every 3-4 weeks. This will ensure the fruits grow bigger and better. Nitrogen is your citrus tree’s best friend.
Fertilize monthly from February to November (all year in hot climates) with a high-nitrogen liquid fertilizer according to package instructions. In frost-prone climates, start fertilizing later and stop earlier. If the leaves are deep green with burned tips, you’re feeding too much.
Citrus is also susceptible to the soil that is too alkaline, a problem for those of us with hard water. If you see the light green leaves with dark green veins, you most likely need to re-acidify your potting soil with some soil acidifier
Harvesting Citrus Fruits
Allow the fruit to ripen up on the tree as citrus fruits don’t mature much after being picked. To find out if a batch of fruits is ripe, pick one and taste it. You can’t identify the ripeness of citrus fruits by rind color, as most varieties color quite early, sometimes even before they are ripe.
Winter Care Tips for Orange Trees in Pots
During the winter at the palace of versailles, they move the planters to the orangerie for protection.
Photo, of the orangerie gardens from the palace of versailles, before winter comes they move the planters to to orangerie.
Orangerie of the palace of versailles, all planters are kept there during winter season.
Photo from the Orangerie of Versailles
If you do not have an orangerie, then move the planters with citrus trees to a sheltered location during severe cold spells to shield it from freezing temperatures and harsh winds, water sparingly and only when the top inch of soil is dry to prevent overwatering and root rot. If possible use grow lights to ensure the tree receives sufficient exposure for photosynthesis.
Characteristics of the French style Versailles Planters for outdoor use
Jardinier du Roi French planter boxes. This beautiful luxury planter boxes from the Orangerie of the Palace of Versailles, are the best choice to beautify your garden, Maison, Hotel, or Boutique.
Versailles Planter Boxes are a great solution for a landscape project needing an additional touch of color and style. With our versailles planter boxes, you not only are giving your home’s outdoor space an elegant addition, but are providing your plants a safe and healthy place to grow.
When trying to select the right planter boxes for your outdoor space, you’ll want to take type, material, and color/design into consideration to make sure you get the perfect French style planter you’re looking for.
With the right choice of versailles planter boxes, you’ll be catching your guests eyes in no time.
Versailles Planter boxes are Inspired by the work of André Le Nôtre, gardener of the King Louis XIV of France, this beautiful planters from L'Orangerie de Versailles are perfect for topiaries and small trees.
Versailles planters have a classic and refined design and can fill difficult areas, adding life and charm to your space.
Versailles planters are long lasting reliable products and if cared for will beautify your space for many years as they are easy to maintain. Versailles planters come in many sizes and colors.
Shop now the Authentic Jardinier du Roi French planter boxes.
The touch of excellence for your home or business, simply magnificent, symbol of beauty, perfection, strength and luxury since ancient times, just imagine your own versailles garden.
Final Thoughts
Now that you’re armed with information, it’s time to pick the right versailles planters for your home!
Check out the best options for your garden. Click on the link below to see all the planters we manufacture as well as many other french style accessories to add a french style to your home and garden.
Decorating your home with some French style versailles planters is the best way to spend the cold winter days indoors. Any time of the year is ideal to make a change in your garden and home, however do not leave this task to the last minute because Versailles planters are made to order!
We have many colors and size options for every landscape or decor project, and we offer with very affordable Fedex Air door to door delivery shipping within the U.S.A and worldwide on just about everything.
Jardinier du Roi is the perfect destination for where to buy planters!
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