Window boxes increase the beauty of your home and provide a friendly welcome to visitors.

Try these easy-care and colorful combinations ofwindow boxflowers for shade.

If weight is a problem, use fiberglass window boxes and lightweight potting mix, not soil.

window box with Between the Lines coleus Serenity White Osteospermum Aztec Pearl Verbena

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In addition, theyre a great pick aswindow box flowers for shadesince they providesummer colorafter springtime violas fade.

Here, geraniums and impatiens fill the window box with pale pink blooms.

A.Vinca majorVariegata 4

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Window Box with Accent Pink Pink Swirl Impatiens Silver Falls Dichondra

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Add a few more plants to fill in any gaps for a fuller planting.

The arrangement of window box flowers for shade softens the exteriorshake siding.

A. Coleus (SolenostemonBetween the Lines) 2

B.OsteospermumSerenity White 1

C.VerbenaAztec Pearl 2

Window box with Coleus Solenostemon Lantana & Xerophyllum tenax

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window box Impatiens Hosta Jacob’s Ladder Fuchsia Ground Ivy sweet potato vine

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Window Box with Impatiens and Viola

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Large window box Bacopa Torenia Calibrachoa Shrimp plant heliotrope strawflower daisy bacopa

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roof window box red & pink Impatiens

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window box with Geranium Ivy Bacopa Impatiens

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wood window box Sedge Kale Verbena Coralbells

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window Box with Impatiens Vinca Snapdragon Tuberous begonia

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Green Window Box with Coleus Begonias & Ivy

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Window Box with Vinca major, geranium & Impatiens

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Window Box with Fiesta Salsa Red Imaptiens

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Window Box with Super Elfin Blush & Pink Swirl Impatiens

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Window Box with Asparagus Fern and White Begonias

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window box with Accent Watermelon Accent White & Accent Violet Impatiens

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