Plant Red, White and Blue Flowers
Last updated June 18, 2025
This summer, plant patriotic combinations of red, white and blue flowers in time for your Fourth of July celebration.
Bright summer annuals are ideal for Independence Day flower planters, once you know the right combinations to match the red, white and blue in the American flag.
Read this guide for tips on how to create planters with red, white and blue flowers.
Table of Contents
Red, White and Blue for Entertaining
Combinations for Containers
Instant Impact for Your Porch
Choose Red Flowers
Choose White Flowers
Choose Blue Flowers
Red, White and Blue for Entertaining
The Fourth of July traditionally means barbecue on the patio during the day and fireworks in the backyard at night. Create your own floral fireworks in time for guests to arrive. Try using a blue flowerpot brimming with a red and white floral arrangement. Bell-shaped red calibrachoa and white petunias are good choices. Place red apples or ripe red tomatoes in blue-and-white bowls to add to the festive decor.
Combinations for Containers
Decorative urns, barrels or hanging baskets add flower power when filled with red salvia, white begonias and violet blue ageratums. Another option to consider is hanging baskets containing red impatiens, white petunias and blue lobelia.
Try an arrangement of red verbena, white calibrachoa and violet butterfly bush. A combination of red, white and blue delphinium flowers in a ceramic planter or vintage milk can creates a patriotic display. Plant this perennial combination in your garden for years of enjoyment.
Add more flowers to create fun and celebration-worthy planters festooned with red, white and blue. They’ll decorate your outdoor space from July 4 and up until Labor Day.
Instant Impact for Your Porch
Take the guesswork and messy work out of your arrangement when you bring home pre-planted containers that you can pop into your own containers at home.
Pre-planted flowers are an easy and cost-efficient way to learn how to create planters with red, white and blue flowers. Pick flower combinations such as verbena and geraniums. Remove the plants from the containers and drop the plants into your own decorative planters at home.
Plant a waving flag in every arrangement to complete the patriotic theme.
Choose White Flowers
Many types of red flowers, such as begonia and rose, are also available in white. Creamy magnolia, hydrangea and gardenia blossoms, and spikes of white iris and gladiolus can become part of a red, white and blue display, too.
White flower favorites:
- Browallia (Bush violet)
- Cleome
- Calibrachoa
- Daisy
- Lantana
- Lily
- Nicotiana
- Phlox
- Snapdragon
- Torenia (Wishbone flower)
- Vinca
Choose Blue Flowers
It’s hard to find true blue flowers that thrive in the summer, but there’s no shortage of intensely violet blooms, such as butterfly bush, petunias, calibrachoa and violet ageratums. These colorful species add visual impact in your garden.
Blue and violet favorites:
Once you know how to create planters with red, white and blue flowers, your patriotic-themed floral creations will decorate your balcony, small-space garden or by your front steps in a metal tub or bucket.
When you're ready to begin planting in time for the Fourth of July, download The Home Depot Mobile App to search for and buy the gardening products for your project.
