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UNUSUAL PLANTERS 2008-09-15 05:33:52 I stumbled across these great planting displays on my Sunday morning ramble. It just goes to prove that you can plant almost anything.I love this milk churn - doesn't it look romantic...
autumn window box planting plan 2008-09-09 12:44:04 The new autumn planting
plan for your windowbox has just been released at Garden Boutique.Each season, a new window box planting plan is designed for customers by leading UK garden designer Alice BoweThis planting plan comes free with every window box purchase - and with both traditional and adventurous planting suggestions on every planting plan, it's a great idea for an original birthday gift
DESIGNER WINDOWBOXES - 12 WAYS WITH A ZINC WINDOW BOX 2008-09-05 11:34:53 Back in 2003, a dozen members of the gardening elite were asked to each design a windowbox to raise money for charity at The Daily Telegraph House and Garden Fair. They were each given a zinc window box to style.These mini show gardens range from the edible window box:Roy Strong's zinc window box shown above - inspired by Beatrice Potter and Mr McGregor!To the low maintenance window box:This sum
GALVANIZED ZINC WINDOW BOX - GREAT VALUE 2008-09-04 16:44:26 Galvanized zinc window boxes are a garden classic - and these gorgeous versions with their chunky lip are great value.Available as a 40cm Galvanized Zinc window box or a 60cm Galvanized Zinc window box
BEST PLANTS FOR WINDOW BOXES 2008-09-04 05:25:04 When planting a windowbox, choosing plants to match your exposure is the key to success.If you choose shade loving plants for a window box on a south or west-facing wall, the foliage will get scorched in the high light levels; and plants that thrive in full sun will grow tall and leggy in a northern exposure. SHADE LOVING PLANTS FOR A NORTH FACING WINDOW BOXIf you are planting a shady windowbox,
WINDOW BOX PLANTING IDEAS 2008-09-03 08:53:01 Great ideas for windowbox plantings in this article from the Saturday Times - with stunning illustrations from Hannah McVicar.This scheme includes whispy tufts of carex and the delicately veined foliage of Heuchera ‘Pewter Moon’ plus deep-indigo petunias, trailing verbena and succulent sempervivum.
TAKEAWAY WINDOW BOX PLANTING PLANS FROM CHELSEA 2008-09-03 08:41:42 Fancy re-creating your favourite Chelsea garden in your own plot? The BBC has commissioned these great 'takeaway' planting schemes for borders and window boxes, so that you can do exactly that.My favourites include the saturated colours of the QVC scheme from top designer Sarah Price and the pastel tones of Angus Thompson's windowbox for the Children's Society (shown above)
Edible Window Box 2008-09-03 04:09:57 You don't need to have a big garden in order to grow your own fresh herbs and vegetables - a windowbox will do!Most peoples priorities are for herbs and salad - although you can grow all sorts of things, from aubergines, to tomatoes, to sugar snaps - even those great short carrots (parmex etc)Here is a cut and come again salad mix growing in a windowbox on the office balcony. At the moment, we ar Read more:Edible
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WINDOW BOXES AND FLOWERING BALCONIES 2008-09-02 09:29:30 Italians seriously win at flowering balconies and window boxes...I came across this great group on Flickr - and there are some really inspirational pictures...I'm off to Rome in October - and can't wait to discover new ideas to shareIt really does go to prove that it's as much about the window as the planting!!!
BRITISH RACING GREEN 2008-09-02 08:54:25 It has been said that anything can be used as a planter.... and Hanging Gardens Nursery in Essex certainly proved that with their contribution to this years Hampton Court Palace Garden Show
WINDOW BOX POSTER 2008-09-02 08:53:19 Window boxes are becoming so popular, they are now available as a poster!But for those of you who are still keen to enjoy the real thing, you can recreate this look with ease.Simply combine purple petunias, argyranthemum (I like 'Vancouver' or 'Petite Pink' , Lobelia (e.g. Royal Jewels) and the pale silvery foliage of the licquorice plant, Helichrysum petiolare in a white terrazzo planter...I lo
Lime and Blue cottage style window box 2008-08-22 05:13:17 A lovely mixed planting mixing foliage and flower... The pale off white Nicotiana 'Limegreen' at the back of the composition balances the lime foliage of Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight' and the pale trailing petunia at the front. Bright blue violas draw the eye to the centre of the composition, whilst pale blue marguerites, lilac nemesias and purple sage anchor the scheme.
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Pretty in Pink Flower Box 2008-08-22 05:05:19 This lovely frothy pink planting is a simple combination of pink nemesia and pink pelargoniums.
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Copper Window Box Planting 2008-08-22 05:01:59 Here are a couple of ideas I planted up this spring...don't the colours look gorgeous against the colour of our copper windowboxCOPPER WINDOW BOX planted with: maroon Pelargonium , Cyclamen coum and a variegated trailing ivyWhy not try with Pelagonium 'Lord Bute' or 'Tornado'
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CHOOSE A RED WINDOWBOX FOR VIBRANT PLANTINGS 2008-10-13 04:24:05 There is a saying that "Red and Green should never be seen" but when it comes to planting up garden pots and windowboxes, you can ignore this rule completely. The pictures of red windowboxes below prove why...Red wooden windowbox planters are filled with buxus balls and the sharp colour contrast is softened by blue winter pansies...Red and Green are complementary colours - this means that they a
Classy white windowbox matches white wooden shutters 2008-10-08 11:28:50 This elegant granite windowbox has been planted with trailing white petunias and the silver foliage of lavender. The white is an excellent choice for this setting as it complements the white window frame and the white wooden shutters inside the property - as well as toning in with the cream rendered walls of the house
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Window box allotment : more inspiration 2008-11-10 07:30:08 If you are inspired to try growing fruit and veg in your windowbox, but don't know where to start, there are plenty of books out there to guide you.My favourites are: Crops in Pots: 50 Great Container Projects Using Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs and The Window
-box Allotment: A Beginner's Guide to Container GardeningCrops in Pots is written by Bob Purnell. It is a glossy book, filled with lovely ins
Window box allotment : 2008-11-03 04:43:21 This balcony allotment grows 5 different types of tomatoes, parmex carrots, purple sprouting broccoli, kale, mizuna, rocket, pak choi and chicory in terrazzo window boxes. Notice how the 60cm terrazzo windowboxes are hung over the balcony rail, close butted together in a line, so they look like a giant planter. Very sleekSugar snap peas, leeks, sunflowers and a wide range of herbs are grown in t Read more:Window
Edible plants for your windowbox 2008-10-29 04:05:45 Great tips from the Independent about the best edibles to grow in your windowbox.My favourite Chanteray carrots get a mention - although parmex will also grow very happily in a windowbox...
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More green and white themed window boxes and planters 2008-10-27 09:00:32 Double windowboxes in white and green - with black gloss planterSome more classic winter window boxes in white and green - it would be hard to make anything else work with the bold black and white tiles I guess.
Window Box Style - elegant white and green 2008-10-22 12:03:24 White cyclamen with trailing ivy, and buxus spheres complement the blade like leaves of phormium and a slate grey window box. White and green themed window boxes are everywhere at the moment. In a break away movement from the bright colours of summer flower box plantings, the trend for this winters windowbox is neutral whites, creams and greens...Fake it with plastic plants in your windowbox.Here Read more:Style
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