Window flower box
The most important part of a home can often be the exterior where first impressions can set the entire mood for the rest of the home. Window boxes seem to be popping up all over the place lately.
The are are some tips for make your flower boxes.
Flower boxes will do best in a sunny location or a location that receives bright sunlight for a good part of the day. You can also use shade side with wonderful shade plantings.
For sun places of will be good next plants:
Supertunia - red
Patio Verbena – Patio red
Vinca Vine – green & white variegated
Dracaena – green spikes
2/3 of the front box fill with the Red Supertunias. Add the Patio Red Verbena slightly behind and between the Supertunias. To emphasize color of all flower box plant the variegated Vinca Vine along the front of the box. Add the Green spikes along the back and now your box is ready.
Here is recipe for shade side:
Impatiens – in mixed colors
Pink Splash
Asparagus Fern
Dracaena – Tri-color Spikes
Full with mixed Impatiens in the front 2/3 of the box. Plant the Pink Splash Slightly in front and between the impatiens. Asragus fern decorates composition along the front edge and the Tri-color spikes across the back.
Here are a few recipe and you can easily to create youown. Be sure to plan out your selections in the window flower box before you start planting to make sure everything will fit.
Planting a single subject and setting the plants in a row is the mistake of some gardeners how like window flower box is of planting a single subject and setting the plants in a row. Try to avoid doing this because it looks too regimented and unimaginative. Windows flower boxes are narrow and long and aim for more shape in the design by using a mixture of plants in a zigzag pattern, varying in sizes and texture.
