Helichrysum is grown for its small felt like leaves.
Evergreen plants window box flower planting.
The leaves become yellow in the sun and turn deep green in the shade.
Licorice plant helichrysum petiolare michael davis getty images.
They will survive through the year eliminating the need to replant as the seasons change.
Ornamental grasses add sensational height color and texture to a window box.
During the summer months it grows yellow cup shaped flowers that add cheer to the display.
The best spiller plants for container gardens.
In winter when the bergenia has died back stems from yellow and redtwig dogwoods add to the yucca s colorful display.
Use evergreen plants as a durable all season backdrop to your other window box elements or as the main attraction in your window planter.
One pot four seasons yucca and bergenia are the core plants in this container shining in summer and fall.
The best perennials to plant in window boxes trailing plants.
It cascades over the sides of the boxes and gives your flowers an attractive backdrop of green foliage.
English ivy is a lovely choice as a base plant for your window boxes.
Lantana is another of my favorite trailing plants for window boxes.
Creeping jenny is a glossy evergreen plant that drapes over the sides of window boxes with ease.
Choose a grass like pennisetum setaceum fireworks which has delicately frothy fronds and a vibrant purplish pink.
Combining a trailing vine with fall planted spring bulbs like dwarf iris iris reticulata.
This hardy creeping perennial grows in both sunny and shady areas.
Myrtle or periwinkle vinca minor common ivy hedera helix and wintercreeper euonymus fortunei.
The most familiar is a.
Fall and winter.