Autumn Winter Window Box Plants

Primroses primula along with pansies and violas viola spp bloom throughout winter in mild mediterranean climates. Not a succulent flower like aeonium blue chalk senecio and duddleya. 14 breathtaking fall window boxes 1.

Early varieties of sweet peas lathyrus odoratus begin blooming in winter.

Autumn winter window box plants. The orange and yellow flowers in this idea add the perfect contrast to the wooden frame of the window. The first window box in our gallery features a dual tiered window box. Ornamental grasses can add height and texture to winter window boxes. Hellebores or lenten roses overwinter in zones 6 to 9 and may flower in the snow.

Liriope or monkey grass is another choice. Consider purple fountain grass blue fescue blue oat grass or dwarf japanese sedge. Plant in sun or semi shade and deadhead regularly to encourage flowering. Just as colourful as their cottage garden cousins and with long lasting flowers polyanthus make superb winter bedding plants for beds borders window boxes and containers.

Its really important to include evergreen plants in winter containers before you fill in your florals. The top portion which. This box features a variegated pelargonium the red and green leaves. Red white and blue.

A window box planted in autumn with colorful succulents will grow during the winter and produce flowers in early spring. We use euphorbia characias humpty dumpty which will go right through to spring as well as ivy multi stem buxus ilex yew or evergreen herbs like a standard rosemary sage or thyme. For a fragrant display this winter try polyanthus most scented mix which flowers from january through to may.