Window Box Ideas
By: Viveka Neveln
Are you running out of room in your garden? Feeling boxed in? That's terrific! A box can be quite liberating, particularly if it's a box full of flowers under your window.
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They do not rank among the world's greatest landscapes, but window boxes do bring color to barren streets, spirit to lifeless buildings and pleasure to those who tend them.
Window Boxes of Color
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Window boxes are a charming feature for any home, and here are some tips to help you make the most of these miniature gardens by choosing the right flowers.
Great Window Box Plants
Flowers
Bacopa (a.k.a. Sutera) cultivars
Dwarf sunflower (Helianthus)
Fan flower (Scaevola spp.)
Gazania
Geranium (Pelargonium cultivars)
Heliotrope (Heliotropium)
Million bells (Calibrachoa 'Million Bells') ...
Elegant Window Box Arrangement
White lilies and diascia combine to create a sublime container garden that also looks beautiful at night.
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Window boxes need no introduction. Picture the classic eye-catcher: a narrow box painted perfectly to match the house trim, abundantly spilling forth ivy geraniums, pansies, and petunias.
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Refresh your windowsills with a seasonal selection of colourful plants. Follow our guide to selecting the right mix of flowering perennials, annuals and foliage plants for a colourful, year-round display.
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Mounting window boxes
Most window ledges dip down ever so slightly in front to prevent water from standing on the surface.
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A window box full of perennials dresses up the outside of the home with their bright and beautiful foliage. Create an herb window box for a sweet-smelling design and one that creates a burst of green to the home.
Window boxes. Window boxes are charming, but because they hold so little soil they're notorious for drying out quickly, especially in full sun. Look for large window boxes made from nonporous material.
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WINDOW BOX - A container placed under a window, very cottage-like in gardening decor.
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Plant this flower combination for a full, fresh window box.
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For any window box to be a success it must have a minimum depth of 15cm (6in),
preferably more so that root systems can develop properly. Drainage is vital, and
must preferably be provided by holes in the base.
Window boxes: These are simply rectangular boxes. Traditionally these were hung outside windows. Now they can be found hanging on fences, on deck rails and along the perimeter of patios. Window boxes can be made of wood, plastic or wire.
Window boxes can be difficult to maintain in the winter. For a little something different this fall, try these easy and budget-friendly window boxes. Read on to find out how.
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WINDOW BOX: A plant or flower container placed below a window or on a window sill.
WINTER KILL: A condition that happens when plants have not hardened enough to withstand sever winter conditions.
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For a window box combination or a garden edging, you might prefer the subtler flowers of old-fashioned signet marigolds.
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Containers and Window box Varieties -- These diminutive plants with 8- 10 inch stems or mounding and spreading habits do not need supports and are lovely in pots. We offer the heirloom varieties "Windowbox Cupid" and "Cupid Color Palette".
It also is a fun addition to window boxes. However, plant with caution. This groundcover will grow right through your windows into the house and can force its way under shingles and siding.
Even miniature roses can be grown in window boxes or hanging baskets. Add cascading lobelia or ivy to the pots for a breathtaking display. Remember to check moisture levels every day. Large pots will not dry out as fast.
Whether you have an apartment or a house on 20 acres of land, there is some form of container gardening that is perfect for you, be it window boxes, a balcony vegetable garden, ...
Grow pole beans on a trellis in a planter or window box in front of a south-facing window.
Sun-loving and exceptionally drought-tolerant succulents are just about the only plants that can survive the growing season slugging it out in a window box on my painfully hot and dry fire escape.
You can take these plans and scale them down for a window box! The box we just but does not have a bottom, as that is not always necessary. For a window box, add a fifth length the same as the sides, and attach it to the bottom.
Whether you are looking to grow ground cover, fend off deer, or simply brighten up a window box, we've got the cure for every zone in the States (find out which zone you're in at Burpee.com).
The long handled one is better on the back and the schedule, but the small one is the tool of choice around delicate plants and tight spaces, like containers and window boxes.
If you have no conventional outside space at all a window box can provide lettuce (try the cut and come again varieties), radish, corn salad and even a few carrots. Productive cucumber plants will grow happily in a sunny porch as will tomato plants.
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Climbing annuals are another good choice, especially for cottage garden settings and containers (window boxes, hanging baskets, etc.).
They can be started in a window box or small flats and then transplanted into small pots, paper cups with adequate drainage holes, or other containers once seedlings have become sturdy enough.
Plant them in window boxes or standard containers in combination with other annuals, such as geraniums, zinnias (Z. angustifolia in particular), lobelia, fan flower (Scaevola), and dusty miller.
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First, measure the five pieces of the window box on a section of cedar board.
Pansy, a member of the violet family, is a cool-season crop that may be grown in borders, edging and window boxes. It can even be used for cut flowers. Pansies are considered a perennial plant, which means they live longer than one growing season.
Grow them as wildflowers or in containers or window boxes. Statice has airy sprays in strong yellow, rose, lavender, blue and white make an interesting garden accent. It grows from 12 to 24 inches.
Annual vines are easy to grow in flower beds, hanging baskets, window boxes or trellised planters. They transform unattractive areas, and provide a quick and inexpensive solution to many landscape problems.
Root cuttings in a window box or some other suitable container, preferably covered with plastic to maintain high humidity. About 5 inches of clean, coarse sand is a good rooting medium.
For the cook who doesn't have a garden, herbs can be successfully grown in window boxes, troughs, shallow tubs, hanging baskets, bowls or pots.
Also, consider the container's weight, especially if it will be a hanging window box or basket. Is it too heavy for a balcony? Will you be able to move it? If a container is in a windy location, low and heavy pots and planters work well.
Consider adding window boxes or planters, mend the gate, paint the front door and window frames, remove any rubbish that may have blown in from the street, and if there is a front lawn, make sure it is mown.
You can grow herbs and even a handful of veggies in window boxes. This one contains oregano along with geranium, blue ginger, Peperomia, and a pretty begonia.
Try them in containers or window boxes. Statice has airy sprays in strong yellow, orange, apricot, peach, rose, lavender, blue and white make an interesting garden accent. It grows from 12 to 24 inches.
For city dwellers the "green" link might even be some houseplants and window boxes or even a roof top garden.
The dwarf to medium sized basils; such as Little-leaf bush or Spicy globe are ideal for small pots and window boxes. Don't forget Dark Opal Basil which not only stands up as a culinary herb but also works well as a decorative accent plant.
Split rail fences, arbors, seating, structures and enhancements don't have to be dull brown or black. Painted pots and boldly colored window boxes can complement or contrast with plantings.
You can use any variety of items for containers, depending upon how functional they are and how attractive you want them to be. Window boxes, hanging planters, and decorative pots make aesthetically pleasing planters.
The houses were all in straight lines and every window had a little window box with flowers in it and everything was straight and ordered and it occurred to me that maybe my style of gardening is a reaction to my Germanness." ...
Beauty and simplicity at its best. From coordinating colors and heights of plants in a seasonal window box or patio container to growing a lemon tree for fresh produce, containers can satisfy a variety of desires.
Design Hint:
This is an often-evergreen, drought tolerant herb available in groundcover forms, meaning it's a great bet for cascading over walls and using in window boxes or other containers.
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There is always room for a mini herb garden on a kitchen window sill or for a container herb garden on a sunny patio. Many different types of herbs can be grown in gardening pots and window boxes.
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