Who Does Windowboxes ?

Carol Dee

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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.
 

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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...
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My first attempt at a basket...
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Basket picked up at a recycling depot for 50 cents

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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.

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@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.

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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. :)
 

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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.

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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.
 
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