Now this is a window box!
Jilly
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I love window boxes and have one puny one on an accent window. It’s in full-on Texas hellsun, so I have to water it every 26 minutes.
Check this one out. I think it’s the size of my car:
My window box plants saw this and ran away from home. I think I see them in there.
What do you think this thing weighs?!
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Jilly
last yearlast modified: last yearbpath, the only things that will thrive in mine (it’s pretty shallow) are purslane/portulaca and dracaena spikes. It’s a labor of love. :D
Last year (I have the same this year). Later in the season, they spilled over much more:
How embarrassing to see this compared to the one above. 😄
Last house, I had a beautiful deep one in a shady area, I was able to layer it with a wide variety of things.
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Comments (5)I notice nobody has responded. There are certainly many many more people out there with greater experience, but I'll tell you what little I have. I'm new to large gardening, but we had windowboxes for a few years at a former house. My husband made them, as well. They were painted on the outside, can't remember if they were painted on the inside. We didn't use liners. The boxes were too small so liners wouldn't fit and it was always a challenge to keep things watered in the Georgia heat. Now we inherited wooden window boxes (commercially made) in our current house up here and they have the standard liner. I will say that the liners do seem to protect the wood from water damage. Without the liners the wet soil holds the water against the wood and accelerates rotting. How visible the liners are once plants get going depends on the color contrast between planter and liner and how many plants drape over. If your husband has some time, maybe it would be possible for him to add some type of trim around the top that would be the right height to hide the liners. Our current boxes are deep eggplant purple and the forest green liner just fades away and is hardly noticeable. If height isn't problem and the windowboxes are higher than the liners but you can see them up close because you're standing above them, then I have no suggestions there! Maybe try to paint the top rim of the liner the same color as the window box? As for shallowness and dirt, most liners have that water bin underneath to hold water. Between that and the fact that plastic isn't as porous as wood, I wouldn't be surprised if liners actually held moisture better, even thought they leave less room for good potting soil. Last year I put soil retention beads in our windowboxes as two are extremely difficult to water. Hopefully that helped keep them from drying out quickly. They certainly didn't get watered every day! As for ease, it certainly is easier to cart the liner around when it's time to remove dirt and change plants--that's for sure!...See MoreWindow treatments for a box bay window in master bedroom?
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last year… every 26 minutes. lol! Her window box is gorgeous and must be huge!
I have north-side shady boxes and favor impatiens. I tried begonias in one box last year and they looked great all through the (rainy) summer, then they turned a fantastic red for autumn.
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