But holly and small conifers can work well too.
Evergreen plants window box flower planting.
Ivy is probably the number one choice for an evergreen in a window box.
Ivy top makes a good trailing plant for pots and window boxes.
Large clusters of bright flowers including some brilliant blue ones that are very striking make this a very popular container plant.
You may need to rotate what plants are in the box during any given season but with these choices you ll have something growing in your box most of the months of the year.
Like with blanket flowers you should pinch off the dead flowers to keep the plants blooming longer.
Exhausted annuals remind you that summer leisure is about.
The best perennials to plant in window boxes.
Window boxes provide the opportunity to grow flowers fruit veg and herbs outdoors without the need for a garden.
Other lovely evergreen euphorbias to grow include euphorbia x pasteurii.
Pull off the old foliage to maintain a tidy appearance.
Evergreen plants are the ultimate in low maintenance window boxes.
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It s just plain sad to watch window box plants die off at the end of a long growing season.
In late winter the foliage may get a little flat but it will perk up again in spring.
Fill a full sun planter with pansies geraniums verbena and cascading sweet potato vine.
Here are six window box plants you can grow all year round in your boxes.
The entire plant is edible including the seeds and including some in your salad really makes it look fancy.
8 verbena verbena sp what verbena flowers lack in size they make up for in number.
Although they prefer the cooler seasons if kept watered they should bloom all season.
Nasturtium plants form a mounding tumble of lily pad like leaves and bright cheerful flowers.
Use evergreen plants as a durable all season backdrop to your other window box elements or as the main attraction in your window planter.