When we last left off, we came home from vacation to find that someone ran over our mailbox. It took several days to get a new mailbox. I opted for inexpensive at Home Depot and bought a kit that included the post and all necessary pieces, and the mailbox portion separately. Our neighbor offered us some leftover cement and a post hole digger, and actually he helped us get the post in the ground. That was very helpful, because Paul had injured his hand and was having trouble with the manual labor portion.
I went with a black mailbox to match our shutters, and white post to match the trim. I really would like to do something with plants around the mailbox (perhaps some flowering vines going up the post?), but it’s a very shady area. I tried a flowering vine at one point (you can see the pot in the cinder block at the bottom right of the picture), but it quickly died. I hope to move those azaleas to another part of our yard this winter, so maybe after that I can do more with the mailbox.
Maybe ivy on the mailbox? Ivy likes shade.
I was hoping for something flowering… maybe I could do ivy on the mailbox and flowers around the base?
Those azaleas would be great in that spot if they’re small. They like shade but can get pretty big. You could either take out one of those bushes next to the mailbox to make room or keep the azaleas super trimmed
Oh wait. I misread what you wrote. Those azaleas are pretty huge! You could trim them down, but they also attract bees. We tend to get hornets in our mailbox in the summer so moving them is probably a good idea.
Yeah, I love azaleas but they’re huge. I am thinking of moving them to the bed in front of our house. I just don’t know how to actually do that, heh.