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I have always adored outdoor plant window boxes!
Just thinking of all the pretty flower choices I will have per season, to add color to the front of ourhome
So, of course on Mike’s day off, what did I ask of him?
You guessed it…
I wanted simple black lightly distressed window boxes.
Being I am a newb at this, I was not sure of the kind of flowers I wanted, so I went fairly simple.
the creeping jenny I thought would look nice growing over the boxes…AGAIN, I am a newb at this.
So far the Marigolds are taking off like crazy!
I can’t wait until they start getting full and really taking off.
Hopefully!
I will show you a little of what I have planted throughout the years, that is actually doing quite well.
My Clematis was full of blooms last week, however, I missed my snap opp. ewww…I see a bug!
This is next to the clematis…
Love the smell of Jasmine…How about as you are walking up to our door, you get a wonderful sniff first..
ewww…I just noticed another bug ! Good thing Mike sprayed today!
We have BUGS!
So far so good. We shall take a look in about a month or so.
Thanks for taking a quick outdoor garden tour with me.
There is more I will be showing you soon.
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Beautiful! You did a fine job with your window boxes! You also have creeping jenny ( fig) growing up your wall. It is just a variegated form with the different shades on the leaves. Very pretty! We have the solid color variation all over our walls outside and growing up the side of the house near the garage and have to trim it all the time. It’s very hardy! I love your jasmine, it’s gorgeous! I am surprised your Japanese maple has grown so much so quickly. I thought they were slow growers but maybe not, what do I know. LOL! I really enjoy seeing your outdoors, everything looks so pretty! Have a great day!
Your new window boxes are lookin good Debbie! LOVE the Jasmine growing up your house, I love that look!
Your window boxes look wonderful Debbie! I love those shutters on your windows.
I love window boxes and yours look great! How pretty your house looks with the brick, those incredible shutters & the greenery creeping up the side. I love it!
I love window boxes too and yours are gorgeous. My creeping jenny lives year round in urns and on rocks on the patio.
I love flower boxes, our old house in Utah had them and I loved planting them each year…..now after living in Europe I loved them even more…..I have one here it needs some TLC! I can’t wait to see yours in a month or so. The rest of your garden is gorgeous….I love Jasmine! Have a wonderful day!
I love your new window boxes! I love those on the front of houses!! How lucky to have your husband build them for you custom. I think the flowers you chose will do well in there. They already look nice and full. Mine have done well on my front porch. They are spilling over nicely. Can’t wait to see yours progress too.
No he did not build those, we bought them and he hung them for me LOL!!~ Believe me that was big deal enough, he hates drilling in the brick.
Looks like your window boxes are off to a great start!
That is what I am doing today, Debbie…planting outside boxes and planters. First I have to run and get a couple more things, though. Yours look great. I believe that vine you planted is Vinca. It is an annual here. Hope you have a great day-xo Diana
I have wanted some front window boxes for ohhhhhhh, 15 years! I have some in the back but I just don’t have a green thumb. Thinking of only planting ferns this year in them, seems the only thing I have success with.
Pinning your shutters.
~Bliss~
They look adorable Deb! So nice with your windows and I love what you planted in them too!
Looks great Debbie! Your choices should do well. Creeping Jenny is a favorite and will spread all over!
Keep the blooms picked off on the marigolds when they are dying back and you’ll get a lot more blooms!
I like to add a pelleted fertilizer too to make sure they get lots of help. Annuals are super hungry!
I got new window boxes last year and really enjoyed them! Keep an eye out on the watering, they can bake in the sun and dry out fast! Love the japanese maple, clematic and jasmine!
Thanks Liz! So far so good, they are all healthy, and yes I have been keeping an eye on the watering!
So jealous of all the Jasmine, Clematis, etc… you know my darn deer eat everything! LOL. I’ll have to look at these pictures again when I want a flower-fix. It all looks fabulous =)))
Your window boxes look fantastic Debbie and I just love your entire yard, especially the shutters! 🙂
Vanessa
The window boxes are looking good. I love all the color and the pictures. Just stunning.
Cynthia
Everything looks great! I love this time of year when everything blooms.
Zowie! Your gardent looks so great! The Japanese maple is a wonder, one of my total favourites. Window boxes are so fun to play with C:
Debbie,
How did you attach the window boxes to the house?
My husband used special skrews and drilled them in the brick.
I love window boxes. My daughters tell me that I would love Germany because they are everywhere. (They were both foreign exchange students there.) My mom has them, but I dare not try. If I’m going to have an epic floral failure, I don’t want to showcase it in a box stuck on the front of my house. Ahem.
YOUR outdoor space is lovely, and I agree about the smell of jasmine.
I love, love window boxes! I’ve wanted them too…filled with red geraniums and some sort of green spilling over. I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many as in Calif and also Rhode Island….absolutely breathtaking! Your outside plants are beautiful….great job.
xo
Pat
I love, love window boxes! I’ve wanted them too…filled with red geraniums and some sort of green spilling over. I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many as in Calif and also Rhode Island….absolutely breathtaking! Your outside plants are beautiful….great job.
xo
Pat
Hi Debbie: Your garden is so lovely and I love the shutters at the windows..Happy Tuesday..Judy
Your photos are beautiful, bugs and all! You whole yard has so much old world charm, I’m looking forward to seeing more!
-Lynn
It all looks fantastic…
My window box is in total shade so I just planted shade plants.
xo bj
Your window boxes will look wonderful! Love your house, your plants are doing great!
Ooooh! I love your window boxes and all your crepping jenny, and clematis plants! It looks great! The red maple is growing beautifully! Those rustic country shutters are really cool! Your place is lovely!
Linda@ Grandmalay’s Daydreams
Your window boxes look gorgeous! I also love them! You know that kind of decor is very Spanish! You can find them on every window in the South of Spain. So pretty! You did an awesome job with yours! And your Jasmine is sooo beautiful! I know it smells heavenly!
I love those shutters and that jasmine w-o-w!
At some point you might want to add brighter colors and larger bloom on our window box so they can be seen from the road and as you walk up the sidewalk. I don’t know if your light condition is sun or shade but that would determine the exact plant you select.:
SUN: Geraniums, Shasta Daisy, Sweet William and so on
SHADE: Large leaf Begonnia
I always put some perennials into my pots, a ornamental grass or two and then in the fall put them in the ground.I often use some herbs too.
Go for some draping greenery too like (sun lovers) Licourish Plant, Creeping Jenny or a varigated Vincca Vine that can be replanted in the ground and will come back the following year.
Thanks for the tips. I get full sun in front this time of year. I do have the creeping jenny…I was not sure what to put, so again thank you. I will see how these do to start.
I love your window boxes, and the tour of your outside home! So pretty…
Debbie, I just love a window box too. They just look so homey, and cheerful. Your are just lovely!
Great windowboxes! I always admire them!! Your other garden beauties are doing great! That jasmine must smell amazing and it looks so pretty too!
Hip-Hip-Hooray. I too am working on my planters and boxes…Oh, and even better, Jose and I mulched the beds. Now, doesn’t that sound like fun. Drip-Drip-Drip.. But, I do adore the outside stuff. I love seeing the things you have put in outside. Hope to get some pictures tomorrow around here, now that I don’t have JD again….. I may be Scott free all week…fingers crossed. The city is a messy with NATO coming this weekend. Carry on and have some dirty hand fun outside this week. It will be too hot too soon.
I love window boxes, too and every year I say I am going to put one under the bonus room window over the garage, but then I remember it has to be watered and would be hard to get to. Love the vines growing on the house. I love that look, too.
I have been eyeing the window boxes in Grandinroad catalog….one day!…Hubby questions putting hardware into the brick…Does your hubby have any suggestions?….Love the window boxes and the flowers are beautiful!
Hi Debbie,
I so enjoyed your garden tour. I love the flower boxes too 🙂
They look beautiful so far, Debbie! I’ve always loved window boxes. All of your flowers and plants look so pretty! You must have a green thumb 🙂
Your plants are so pretty, Debbie…you have a green thumb! The flower boxes will be wonderful all year round!
Your window boxes are beautiful Debbie! I love your shutters!!
What says summer more than overflowing window boxes. Just gorgeous Debbie!!
I LOVE window boxes Debbie! They are on my husband’s list too and we are hoping to get to it this weekend. Yours look fabulous! We will be attaching ours to brick too…I love your bracket thingies…where did you find those?
Lou Cinda 🙂
Those were at Lowes…along with the window boxes. Can’t wait to see yours! I must go water mine now come to think of it.
Your garden is amazing! Love the clematis (with or without that bug)! I tried to grow it years ago but it didn’t take. May have to give it another try.
Window boxes are fabulous too!
Kelly
All your plants look great! You do have a green thumb! Love the window boxes!
Absolutely beautiful – thank you for sharing your garden with us !
Deb, Love your window boxes. Mike you are a sweetie. Our Jasmine bloomed a couple of weeks ago. Most wonderful aroma ever. Show us the progress on the boxes, I know they will be great.
Hugs, Ginger
I will Ginger, even since these photos the flowers are doing great!
Gorgeous! This inspires me to get some plants for my planter boxes this weekend!
LOVE window boxes. They are so charming.
Cheri
Wow, that Jasmine is beautiful and the window planters are going to look fabulous!
I love your window boxes and I want some on the front of my house. Are they sitting on metal brackets that you attached to the house? I have brick too and was wondering how you attached them. I do really love those shutters too. Thanks for sharing
Betsy
Yes Betsy, my husband used a special drill bit to attach the brackets in the brick.