Evergreen Plants Window Box Flower Planting
Combining a trailing vine with fall planted spring bulbs like dwarf iris iris reticulata.
Evergreen plants window box flower planting. Creeping jenny is a glossy evergreen plant that drapes over the sides of window boxes with ease. The most familiar is a. During the summer months it grows yellow cup shaped flowers that add cheer to the display. In winter when the bergenia has died back stems from yellow and redtwig dogwoods add to the yucca s colorful display.
Ornamental grasses add sensational height color and texture to a window box. It cascades over the sides of the boxes and gives your flowers an attractive backdrop of green foliage. Evergreen plants are the ultimate in low maintenance window boxes. Helichrysum is grown for its small felt like leaves.
Lantana is another of my favorite trailing plants for window boxes. This hardy creeping perennial grows in both sunny and shady areas. The best spiller plants for container gardens. Licorice plant helichrysum petiolare michael davis getty images.
The best perennials to plant in window boxes trailing plants. They will survive through the year eliminating the need to replant as the seasons change. English ivy is a lovely choice as a base plant for your window boxes. Ivy thrives in lots of light conditions and is also drought tolerant.
Myrtle or periwinkle vinca minor common ivy hedera helix and wintercreeper euonymus fortunei. Choose a grass like pennisetum setaceum fireworks which has delicately frothy fronds and a vibrant purplish pink. Joseph s coat alternanthera dentata sweet alyssum alyssum maritimum trailing snapdragon creeping. One pot four seasons yucca and bergenia are the core plants in this container shining in summer and fall.