Floral decoration is universal.
Window boxes are the miniature garden for the townhouse architecture of cities.
Window boxes like city life are experiments in companionship, compatibility, and culture.
Sun and shade patterns change during the course of a day and across seasons.
For sun-screened zones plant hosta, asparagus fern, wax begonia, vinca, coleus, impatiens and caladium.
Making and Maintaining the Bed
Soil mix for window boxes needs to be light in texture.
Mix equal parts potting soil, compost, sharp sand, vermiculite, andperlite.
Soil mix should be renewed yearly.
It is easier to prune or remove plants later, if necessary, than to add newcomers.
Avoid lining up rows of plants like military troops.
Instead stagger the plants to achieve a more naturalistic impression.
Container plants demand frequent watering, which leaches soil of nutrients.
Fertilize every 10-14 days with compost tea or an all-purpose liquid fertilizer.
To test soil for dryness insert a finger an inch or two into the soil.
If the soil is dry, it is time to water.
In hot, dry summers, water daily.
In winter pansies, viola, calendula or cyclamen can be decorated with evergreen boughs.
Let scilla, narcissus, hyacinths, snowdrops, tulips, muscari and crocus announce spring at your windows.
15+ Window box planter ideas
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A little wood trellis around the window box
Source
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Vintage metal box
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Window box with pressure treated woods
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Autumn-spiced balcony box
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Using Hurricane Sandys twig debris
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Black planter on the brick wall
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European style metal window box
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Boxes with American Walnut stain
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Adding pots to box
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Dark Walnut stain box between two red shutters
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Galvanised metal window box
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Iron window box on the stone wall
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Classic and neutral window box
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Cedar wood planter box
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Rustic Cedar wood window flowerboxes
Window boxesbring a carousel of color to every season of the year.
