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