For window boxes in full sun perennial salvias salvia spp generate abundant flower stalks in shades of purple blue and white all summer long. If you want to add a pop of floral color to your home you can do this without using real flowers.
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My goal today is to show you how you too can create a magazine worthy window box.
Can you put perennials in window boxes. Window boxes look their best if theyre crowded with plants. Im using very small containers tin cans and professionals tell me to put one planonly very frustrating ill try one can. Do you open up magazines or scroll through pinterest and dream of having beautiful window boxes or container gardens.
Last week i teased you with some inspiring container garden possibilities. More subtle choices include coleus heliotrope and salvia. Herbs like lavender sage rosemary and even chives can also make great additions to window boxes.
Here in france they tell you to plant them every 20 cms or so but they you get skinny window boxes. Window boxes enhance the view from buildings from both the outside and inside. Experienced gardeners can train climbing vines around the window frame for an ensemble effect.
Todays fake flowers are very realistic looking and quite affordable. Most varieties of fuchsia love the shade so as long as you avoid putting your window box in full sun the plant will reward you all season long with extravagant purple and pink. Plants tolerate both heat and occasional dry.
Impatiens do well in shady locations. Planting hardy perennials in window boxes means that the box is not just holding bare soil for the. In between the main plants put in a filler plant something that stays lower and more compact such as lobelia calibrachoa compact verbenas flowering vinca or petunias.
This is a full blown tutorial filled with planting tips hang on. When you think about window boxes you likely picture beautiful petunias spilling down the sides and perhaps some greenery. For a 2 window box use 2 3 geraniums for a 3 window box use 3 4 geraniums.
Im writing from france id like to know how many plants did you fill in your window boxes. The best perennials to plant in window boxes ivy geranium asters dianthus miniature roses salvia and various spring bulbs are excellent perennial flower choices to plant in window boxes.
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