Often the gardeners face a common problem– what to do with the saw cut stumps of old or diseased trees. Uprooting them is a laborious task and also not cheap.

In such a case, landscapers offer a variety of solutions. But you can solve it on your own by turning a stump into a tree stump planter.

Also Read: How to Make a Tree Stump Planter

Here in this post, you’ll find 19 blazing tree stump planter ideas that’ll entice you to have one in your garden

Plants for a Tree Stump Planter

You can create a fabulous planter out of a tree stump. Plants you grow in it may not necessarily be flowering and colorful ones. It can be a climbing plant, creating a great frame around the stump or even moss, if it is in a shade you can choose interesting foliage plants that thrive in less sunlight.

 

Pick plants that are suitable to the style of your garden. It can either be a few blooming or grassy species. Petunias, nasturtiums, pansies or whatever you like.

Ferns, a variety of wildflowers, cornflower, marigolds, phlox, there are so many options. You can grow other plants around it. This tree stump planter will not go unnoticed and become one of the most beautiful focal points of your garden.

Whatever plant you choose to grow in your tree stump planter but remember, shallow root plants are most successful in it.

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  • world traveller
  • August 9, 2017 At 11:50 am
  • Wow those were some stunning examples.
  • Be aware that if the tree roots are still alive they’ll continue to sucking up the nutrients from the soil. Fine if you have a lawn around it but not if you’re growing plants and vegetables around it.
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  • Angel
  • November 28, 2017 At 8:51 pm
  • Great ideas
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  • Cecilia Florence Napier
  • June 12, 2018 At 9:18 am
  • Just had a dead tree sawn down to ground level, so welcome your ideas. Thank you! Possibly the fern idea is good.
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  • Denzel
  • July 15, 2018 At 1:01 pm
  • I have 100 poplar stumps around my (now) pasture and would like to drill a hole in each and plant a blue spruce in each to be harvested in a few years as Christmas trees. What are the odds for survival/growth
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  • Steve Mann
  • May 29, 2019 At 12:43 pm
  • What’s #3? Would love to put something like that in our stump
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  • Veri
  • December 31, 2019 At 11:45 pm
  • Steve I’m guessing thrift / phlox
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  • Nolley
  • May 6, 2021 At 2:58 am
  • Not 100% but from the picture it looks like a creeping phlox.
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  • shevelle miller
  • May 24, 2021 At 7:11 pm
  • what did they paint number18 with
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  • Steve york
  • October 1, 2021 At 9:13 am
  • I’m guessing it’s just a clear shellac or clear gloss enamel.I have a huge willow stump in my yard that I stained then clear coated.Its 4 ft in diameter I want a plant or several that will grow and creep down the sides,I left it 5 ft tall for that purpose.
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  • Laura Mangone
  • July 21, 2021 At 4:53 pm
  • Any recommendations on perennials that could be used in a stump planter? Love
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  • Carole Malczewski
  • April 25, 2022 At 11:52 pm
  • Creeping coleus trails very nice, and I used a coir container that fit perfectly instead of planting inside the stump (optional)
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  • Lisa
  • November 23, 2021 At 4:25 am
  • I have a crumbling stump. The tree itself had a fungus and was cut down. We left the stump bc it was covered by a bush and tulips. I decided to pull the bush to add some plants for pollinators and saw the roots of the stump are crumbling away. It has giant mushrooms. Can I just stomp the crumbling remains and cover with more soil for my pollinator garden? It seems silly to dig out and throw away what the mushrooms broke down.
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Wow those were some stunning examples.

Be aware that if the tree roots are still alive they’ll continue to sucking up the nutrients from the soil. Fine if you have a lawn around it but not if you’re growing plants and vegetables around it.

Great ideas

Just had a dead tree sawn down to ground level, so welcome your ideas. Thank you! Possibly the fern idea is good.

I have 100 poplar stumps around my (now) pasture and would like to drill a hole in each and plant a blue spruce in each to be harvested in a few years as Christmas trees. What are the odds for survival/growth

  • Veri
  • December 31, 2019 At 11:45 pm
  • Steve I’m guessing thrift / phlox
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  • Nolley
  • May 6, 2021 At 2:58 am
  • Not 100% but from the picture it looks like a creeping phlox.
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What’s #3? Would love to put something like that in our stump

Steve I’m guessing thrift / phlox

Not 100% but from the picture it looks like a creeping phlox.

  • Steve york
  • October 1, 2021 At 9:13 am
  • I’m guessing it’s just a clear shellac or clear gloss enamel.I have a huge willow stump in my yard that I stained then clear coated.Its 4 ft in diameter I want a plant or several that will grow and creep down the sides,I left it 5 ft tall for that purpose.
  • Reply

what did they paint number18 with

I’m guessing it’s just a clear shellac or clear gloss enamel.I have a huge willow stump in my yard that I stained then clear coated.Its 4 ft in diameter I want a plant or several that will grow and creep down the sides,I left it 5 ft tall for that purpose.

  • Carole Malczewski
  • April 25, 2022 At 11:52 pm
  • Creeping coleus trails very nice, and I used a coir container that fit perfectly instead of planting inside the stump (optional)
  • Reply

Any recommendations on perennials that could be used in a stump planter? Love

Creeping coleus trails very nice, and I used a coir container that fit perfectly instead of planting inside the stump (optional)

I have a crumbling stump. The tree itself had a fungus and was cut down. We left the stump bc it was covered by a bush and tulips. I decided to pull the bush to add some plants for pollinators and saw the roots of the stump are crumbling away. It has giant mushrooms. Can I just stomp the crumbling remains and cover with more soil for my pollinator garden? It seems silly to dig out and throw away what the mushrooms broke down.

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