Gorgeous tall plants are best to plant in long Star Wars planters! Dracaena plants, fountain grass, and fuchsia plants are our recommendations. Basically, plants that grow upwards more than they grow sideways are your best bet. Plant Away! Shiny metal pots are a rare sight. The Star Wars Darth Vader Mug | Chrome Molded is highly lustrous, but make sure you don’t turn to the Dark Side! This exclusive mug is made of 100 percent ceramic, so as a Star Wars planter in your garden, you know that this’ll stand the test of time. View Product 14. Geeki Tikis Star Wars Prequels 4 Piece Ceramic Mug Set On the other hand, Bib Fortuna can carry only 2.5 ounces, which is a great option for an air plant. [ 1 ] View Product 12. Geeki Tikis Star Wars BB-8 Mug Make this easy Star Wars painting of the ever-loyal droid your next project. You can also paint C3-PO on your flower pots. The pair would make a perfect Star Wars companion to your plant. 10. BB-8 Cup Planter These cute Star Wars garden pots are super easy to make – you just have to have a confident hand and about half an hour to spare. They would make the perfect homemade gift for a Star Wars fan, and you could even combine it with a small trowel, soil, and seeds or starter plants for a Star Wars garden kit!

I do have plenty of ideas for a Star Wars themed garden that would be practical and not just geeky. But rather than getting carried away in the Millennium Falcon, I thought I’d tempt you with Star Wars flowers you could grow in your garden.And there you go — 15 of the best Star Wars planters that’ll add a touch of galactic charm to your garden. Buy any of these unique ideas on Star Wars pots to help with your gardening and show your love for the franchise at the same time. Step 1: Begin by using the painter’s tape to mark the triangle and thin rectangle shapes on Poe’s X-wing helmet. Paint the shapes red, and let dry. The Star Wars Chewbacca Chia Pet Decorative Planter features our favorite Wookie! Help Chewbacca create lush “fur” if you take care of him right! This can also make for a great gift to both kids and adults who adore the loyal Wookie. View Product 5. Star Wars The Child in Satchel Chia Pet Decorative Pottery Planter

Brave, strong-willed Queen Amidala deserves her very own Tiki mug! The Geeki Tikis Star Wars Queen Amidala is painted in bold red with white highlights to ensure that it stands out amongst your other plants in the garden. This mug also holds up to 18 ounces, so many of your larger plants will have more than enough room to breathe and grow. View Product FAQs Can you plant plants directly in ceramic planters? Eucomis is also known as the pineapple lily for its growth habit. This particular Eucomis is one of the Aloha series so may be named for the Hawaiian word, Leia, which means flower of heaven. But then, its possible that the Star Wars character was called after the Hawaiian word… What makes Star Wars franchise iconic are the different vehicles and ships they used. Imagine having these in your garden. The news will travel far and wide! 5. Ewoks in a Jar Step 4: Trace five more rounded rectangle shapes for a total of six, and cut them out of the tape. Place the stripes evenly down either side of the pot.I’ll start with four flowers called Star Wars. I’m focussing on the flower rather than the plant, but they are all perennial plants. Dahlia ‘StarWars’ Also, the more confident you are with sketching out the details, the better the outlines will be. Even if you over-confidently outline the buttons on R2D2 and end up with less than his actual character has, you still get a confident representation of his character, rather than a muddled mess! That’s it (at least until the sequel). There aren’t as many Star Wars flowers as you might expect given the popularity of the films. Although there are 17 + animal species named for the films and characters. I particularly like the thought of a Jedi Ant…

And now for flowers called after characters for the film series. Interestingly, characters from the Dark Side feature as strongly as the Rebel Alliance. The most famous female character, Princess Leia has two of the flowers named after her. Although neither plant has flowers or leaves which curl as impressively as did her hairstyle in the original Star Wars movie! These flowers are also all perennial plants. This elegant-looking miniature planter will inspire you not to cross to the Dark side. You can mold your own or you can buy one from thrift stores. 7. Rey and Kylo Ren Terrarium These cute succulent planters are ideal Star Wars DIY gifts for your friends on May 4. With enough Storm Troopers, you can march to the garden capital! 4. Wooden Star Wars PlanterAuriculas are deliciously showy in a restrained manner – how is that possible? This one is classed as a Show Fancy auricula. Which means it doesn’t quite fit into the defined types of other Show auricula. With its sprinkling of star dust, Primula auricula ‘Star Wars’ would add interest to a semi-shady spot in your garden in spring. Grow it in a tall pot to best enjoy the markings. A dwarf dahlia with dark foliage and bright orange blooms. Showcasing the dark side and the light side of the Force, you could say! That aside, it is a good plant for containers and patio pots, flowering prolifically from early July through to the first frosts. Likes sun, and flowers well with partial sun too. You can either over winter the tubers or treat Dahlia ‘Star Wars’ as an annual flower and buy new plants each year. Step 5: Use the light green paint and a thin paint brush to paint the designs on Hera’s lekku on the forest green part of the pot. Let completely dry. Twelve Star Wars Flowers for Your Garden is not a joke article. Over the years I have on occasion suggested someone might like me to design them a Star Wars themed garden. And as in 2019, May 4th falls on a Saturday, the day for the Plews Potting Shed weekly blog, I could resist no longer! Or, you could decorate it like we did with our garden wind chime or a Star Wars wind chime! How to Make DIY Star Wars Garden Pots

Who can’t forget the iconic scene in The Mandalorian, when Baby Yoda is seen sipping some soup? Immortalize that iconic scene with the Geeki Tikis Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child "Baby Yoda,” and you can use this as a pot to decorate your garden with some galactic charm. View Product 11. Geeki Tikis Star Wars Jabba The Hutt & Bib Fortuna An exotic looking Iris with pink-purple and lime flowers. Iris Louisiana‘Princess Leia’ likes to have its roots in damp soil. It would look impressive on the margins of a swimming pond or a formal koi pond. Lotus or PadmaAnother flower named after the hero turned Sith Lord. This one is a double flowered auricula with dark red blooms. Earlier flowering than Primula auricula ‘Star Wars’ Complete your Star Wars Garden with hand-painted starry flower pots. Just as there are unexplored areas of the universe, the saga continues! Bonus: Star Wars R2-D2 Garden Chair Do you think your favorite Star Wars character will make a good gardener? Let us know in the comments below. May the Force be with your garden! If you’re looking for creative gardening additions to spruce up your home, we got you — here are 15 Star Wars planters Jedi-approved for the Star Wars fan. Top 15 Star Wars Planters 1. Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child Baby Yoda Chia Pet Decorative Planter