Want an old-school flower to pair with your weathered mailbox? Black-eyed Susans bring a throwback charm, and are so easy they basically grow themselves. WoodyUpstate - Getty Images.

When considering mailbox flower bed ideas, notice how flowering vines offer great visual impact while requiring minimal space and can rank high among landscape ideas for small front yards.

"We decided to decorate mailboxes to bring attention to voting by mail and getting out the vote," said Kate Carpenter, who organized this city-wide flower installation.

Gardeners are forever looking for something to wrap a flower bed around. There has to be a bed along the front of the porch, and others might be carved out around a garden shed, a birdbath or the ...

Gardeners are forever looking for something to wrap a flower bed around. There has to be a bed along the front of the porch, and others might be carved out around a garden shed, a birdbath or the ...