While The Girl and I were walking in London this past week I couldn’t help but pull out my camera {about a hundred times} and snap some photographs of the window boxes we walked past.
I’ll admit it, I am a total sucker for a well planted window box and we’ve had one in the front window of just about every house we’ve ever lived in.
If you plan it out right, you can usually get away with just planting your window box gardens about three times a year. Well, at least that is what I do up here in the Seattle area anyway.
If you have OCD this one with the trimmed boxwoods would be ideal. 😉
I love, love, love the way these potted geraniums look. Unfortunately you would need to live someplace with pretty mild winters if you were going to plant these in your window box.
And last but not least, you just can’t go wrong with ivy, can you?
Do you have a favorite? I think the first garden box with the daffodils and moss might be mine.
~Mavis
Looking for a little more window box inspiration? Check out the book Window Boxes: Indoors & Out. I own a copy and pull it out every year to get ideas.
Lisa says
As soon as I have my front windows replaced (when the weather warms up some and it’s drier) I am getting wrought iron window boxes! They hold terra cotta pots, which I will change out with seasonal flowers.
I like the terra cotta ones you show, but like the first one with the daffodils best.
Rita Kerr says
Mavis and Lisa, I’m with both you. The daffodil window box is so pretty. I would have to add a little ivy. 🙂 I love reading about your European trip, Mavis. Enjoy this special time spent with your daughter. Taking my oldest daughter to another state to start college was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. I was an emotional mess, having to pull off the highway to sob. But there is good news; seeing her blossoming into a beautiful young woman thrilled me beyond measure. She is now 34 years old, a beloved wife, mother of my two oldest granddaughters, and a teacher. I am so proud of the person she has become. I can assure you, there is life after sending our children to college.
Sandy Burd says
Yes, I too prefer the simplicity of the daffodils box. And I like that there are just a few white ones thrown in with the yellow majority yellow. Some of the other boxes make me nervous with their varieties. Ha!