Evergreen Trailing Plants For Window Boxes
Fall and winter.
Evergreen trailing plants for window boxes. Best trailing plants for window boxes for full sun shade and perennials english ivy is a lovely choice as a base plant for your window boxes. During the summer months it grows yellow cup shaped flowers that add cheer to the display. Evergreen window box plants found in. 23 of 24 wave petunias petunia x hybrida.
If you want blooms all season long though you ll want the madagascar periwinkle rather than vinca minor which blooms mainly in the spring. This hardy creeping perennial grows in both sunny and shady areas. Ivy top makes a good trailing plant for pots and window boxes. Heucherella trailing collection thuja occidentalis miky picea omorika karel thuja occidentalis brobeck.
It cascades over the sides of the boxes and gives. The lush foliage of sweet potato vine comes in many colors making it a surefire win for any window box. One of the best evergreenground cover plants vinca minor atropurpurea produces slender trailingstems with a dense covering of glossy dark green leaves. Combining a trailing vine with fall planted spring bulbs like dwarf iris iris reticulata.
From mid spring through to autumn this delightful hardy perennial becomes smothered with. But holly and small conifers can work well too. The leaves are anywhere from 10 to 20 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide and turn a gorgeous burgundy in fall. Abounding with colorful foliage coleus comes in both sun and shade varieties.
12 plants that are perfect for window boxes. Vinca plants are often used as a flowering ground cover such as vinca minor so it s a natural for trailing over the sides of containers. Myrtle or periwinkle vinca minor common ivy hedera helix and wintercreeper euonymus fortunei. The leaves become yellow in the sun and turn deep green in the shade.
The best perennials to plant in window boxes trailing plants. Evergreen plants for window boxes. Creeping jenny is a glossy evergreen plant that drapes over the sides of window boxes with ease. Brazilian petunias ruellia elegans in usda plant hardiness zones 8 through 10 grow flat coral red flowers from late spring through fall with evergreen leaves forming a mass 18 inches tall and.
Ivy is probably the number one choice for an evergreen in a window box. Lantana is another of my favorite trailing plants for window boxes.