Who Does Windowboxes ?

[Carol Dee]

This house would not support window boxes. So I do them on deck rail. They always suffer. Never look good. Better with pots, lots of pots.

 

[aftermidnight]

@ninnymary that was back in the 80's, hard to remember but a 6 pack of basket stuffers cost about 49 cents. They don't sell basket stuffers like that anymore, more like $1.29 for individual plants, maybe more . The only way to do that now is to grow your own from seed.

Annette

 

[aftermidnight]

@Nyboy for your sun boxes have you considered these...
Dorotneanthus (Livingstone Daisies)
Delosperma ( Ice Plants)
Portulaca (Moss Roses)
These love the sun, can take drier conditions and have vibrant colors.

Annette

 

[ninnymary]

Succulents like dry soil and are super easy to maintain.

Mary

 

[aftermidnight]

Succulents like dry soil and are super easy to maintain.

Mary

....and can be very colorful. I may have posted these pics before, not mine but at a little garden center on the mainland I used to visit every spring and stock up when I was in my succulent faze...





My first attempt at a basket...


Basket picked up at a recycling depot for 50 cents

Annette

 

[ninnymary]

I think succulents are they way to go for Nyboy. Alex, you could bring them in for the winter and they would be all ready to go for spring. For winter you could put new boxes with winter greenery and pinecones.

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

@Nyboy for your sun boxes have you considered these...
Dorotneanthus (Livingstone Daisies)
Delosperma ( Ice Plants)
Portulaca (Moss Roses)
These love the sun, can take drier conditions and have vibrant colors.

Annette

I have tried the portulaca did not do well.burned up

 

[thistlebloom]

@ninnymary that was back in the 80's, hard to remember but a 6 pack of basket stuffers cost about 49 cents. They don't sell basket stuffers like that anymore, more like $1.29 for individual plants, maybe more . The only way to do that now is to grow your own from seed.

Annette

Oh my! Things have sure changed. I know there are regional differences in prices that we have talked about before on here, but around here a single 4" pot with an annual will cost you $4.
A small cell six pack runs about $3.

I spend more than $300 filling 12 containers every year. Not my containers and not my money.

@ninnymary , now that you have those spiffy grow lights you should start some container plants.

 

[aftermidnight]

Oh my! Things have sure changed. I know there are regional differences in prices that we have talked about before on here, but around here a single 4" pot with an annual will cost you $4.
A small cell six pack runs about $3.

I spend more than $300 filling 12 containers every year. Not my containers and not my money.

@ninnymary , now that you have those spiffy grow lights you should start some container plants.

I'm talking smaller pots, a 4" is probably around the same as what you qouted but they probably have 99 cents added on. The small pots I'm talking about are those flimsy pull aparts sold in 4 packs.

Annette

 

[flowerbug]

we love moss roses, but they start so late here from seeds that they don't tend to return easily. they get overgrown by everything else.

purselane (a related plant) is a weed here, but an edible weed. i leave some around here or there. drops a billion very tiny seeds so if you do this be prepared for endless weeding to clear it again if you decide you don't like it.