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Posted by LisaNH z4 NH (My Page) on Sat, Oct 30, 04 at 16:49
| Every year, I start all of my window boxes (70 of them) under lights in my basement. I get some cuttings from a wholesale grower, and I do lots of seeds myself.
One year I did pinks and purples. One year, no real theme. Last year, I did red white and blue which didn't really work very well. I had each color in sequence rather than together, sadly. This year, I did hot colors ( red orange and yellow, which worked amazingly well.
The place I get my cuttings from has a surprise sale, and if I place my order by Monday, I get 7% off, which is worth trying for. But I usually pick a theme over the winter, and I haven't a clue.
Inspire me, suspects. Give me a good them for my window boxes? What colors would you do, and what flowers would you use to express them? |
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RE: Window Box Themes
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| Hi Lisa!I'm so inspired by White,silver and light and dark green,in window boxes.The basic shades alone are great,other colors can be added if desired.The new coleus varieties are exciting, as many can now take more sun.Herbs incorporated in the scheme add something special to a meal with just a short stroll out to the box!I live in Dover,N.H.-D |
RE: Window Box Themes
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| I don't see any viny stuff in your photos. Have you thought about sweet potato vines, they come in chartreuse, or black or pink and white? I'm partial to the chartreuse sweet potato with purply things like coleus and persian shield. Homestead verbena would go well with that, as I realize I've mostly named foliage plants. Dangly flower things like callibrachoa are cool, too. Cinnamon and Thai basil, with their purple flower cones, are nice. Since you have such a long area to fill, have you considered making a "border" by planting different things in different boxes down the line? And the demarcation of masses of one kind of flower need not end at the edge of a box, but one mass could straddle 2 boxes... |
RE: Window Box Themes
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| I like the herb idea. They wouldn't happen to be window boxes outside your kitchen windows? Lots of colors and textures in herbs. Could be really neat. |
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