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A New Look for Window Boxes
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Small Talk Mama
(IC: blogger)
I was a bit late getting my window boxes planted this year, with fear of late frosts and just plain old procrastination, but I hope they were worth the wait. I’m trying a couple of new plants this year alongside the reliable Vinca vine and trailing white Bacopa.
My splash of color is coming from the broad-leafed red Tuberous Begonias; but I have zero experience with these beautiful plants, so I’m hoping their large but compact blooms rise above the greenery and put on a show. I also included basic potato vines in my planters because I love how they explode with growth and blaze a trail of greenery all summer long. I’ve never used them for fear I would just be feeding the deer, but I’m hoping these cute four-legged fuzzy pests are too shy to get that close to the house. I figured they were worth a try.
So pictured here is one of my window boxes the day I planted them last week (yes, I told you I was behind). They look a little skimpy right now, but I’m hopeful of beautiful things to
My splash of color is coming from the broad-leafed red Tuberous Begonias; but I have zero experience with these beautiful plants, so I’m hoping their large but compact blooms rise above the greenery and put on a show. I also included basic potato vines in my planters because I love how they explode with growth and blaze a trail of greenery all summer long. I’ve never used them for fear I would just be feeding the deer, but I’m hoping these cute four-legged fuzzy pests are too shy to get that close to the house. I figured they were worth a try.
So pictured here is one of my window boxes the day I planted them last week (yes, I told you I was behind). They look a little skimpy right now, but I’m hopeful of beautiful things to
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Published May 29th, 2014 8:18 PM
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