23/10/2026
Looking for a simple way to elevate your front door or even your patio doors all year round?
Say hello to standard lollipops!
Adding these structural, clear stemmed topiary trees to statement pots is the ultimate designer trick for framing a doorway. Here are three of my personal favorite evergreen varieties that will thrive in you pots!!
🌸 Standard Holly (Ilex): Slow growing, hardy and packed with bright red winter berries to welcome your guests.
🌸 Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’: The ultimate winter performer, showing off beautiful pink buds and white blooms when the rest of the garden is asleep.
🌸 Ligustrum jonandrum (Privet): Petite leaves that clip into a perfectly sharp, crisp sphere for that high-end, formal look.
TOP TIPS
🌸 Ensure you choose a heavy, frost proof pot to keep your trees stable on windy days as the plants are top heavy.
🌸 Keep them watered regularly since container plants dry out faster than those in the ground.
🌸 Large or grand entranceways require substantial, wide-based planters so the trees don’t look swallowed up by the architecture.
🌸 For a smaller cottage or narrower porch, opt for sleeker, taller pots that draw the eye upward