These colorful and charming plant combinations dress up the outside of your home.

Window boxes filled with lush plants are an easy way to add color and style to a house.

Whether they are resting on sills or hanging from railings.

window box with grass croton and sweet potato vine

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all you need is the right combination of plants to create a beautiful, long-lasting display.

Our plans have been created withmaximum curb appealin mind.

For planting, choose from ourfavorite window boxes.

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With a few tools and some DIY know-how, it is easy to roll out the window boxes yourself.

And, with proper timing and care, the plants in your window boxes will bloom for many months.

Bold and Beautiful Foliage

you might’t beatcoleusfor brightly colored foliage.

variety of flowers and plants in window box letters

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This mix ofsuper-saturated leaf colorswill provide a great view and give your home some eye-catching curb appeal all summer.

These vigorous annuals only need a little space and will happily bloom all season.

This container has it all: tons of texture, depth, and dimension.

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

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A mix ofeasy-care annualsprovides colorful flowers and foliage all season long.

It’s a fast grower that adds a lush, cascading look.

Here we have picked a variety whose bright chartreuse leaves take a gold hue in the sun.

variety of plants in white window planter letters

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This foliage combines effortlessly with practically everything.

Mixing wispypurple fountain grass, boldcroton, and trailing purple sweet potato vine provides masses of texture.

Here, yellow blooms match the home’s exterior, and white caladium foliage coordinates with the window frames.

ivy topiary coleus and caladium in window box

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Simple Is Beautiful

This small container garden is overflowing with color and texture.

Edibles with ornamental appeal do double duty in a window box.

Select dwarf of compact vegetable varieties so your plantings don’t grow out of control.

variety of flowers in planter on fence letters

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Parsley is a host plant for the larvae of the swallowtail butterfly.

Here, grassy-lookingflax lilyleaves appear to burst out of clouds of starry whitezinniaflowers.

Tiny leaves of trailing creeping Jenny spill over the side to further enhance the effect.

yellow exterior with herbs and flowers in window box

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Get creative and express your window box ideas.

Succulents, such ashens-and-chicks,echeveria, andsedum, along with trailing bacopa, round out the look.

Instead of growing vines on your trellis, create a colorful display with a lightweight window box.

Window Box with letters

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This weathered box made of planking goes vertical with a vintage window frame attached to the back.

The window frame is a perfect trellis for a tropicalmandevilla.

A. Mandevilla ‘Alice du Pont'1

B.Aster alpinus’Beechwood'3

C.Aster alpinus’Dunkle Schone'3

Pink flowers container garden with letters

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variety of plants in yellow wooden window box letters

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Window Box with numbers

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butterfly garden window box plan

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gate window box with hibiscus ivy and moss

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variety of plants in planter in garden letters

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variety of plants in wooden window box letters

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rustic window flower box with succulents

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variety of plants on wooden trellis letters

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variety of flowers in wooden planter letters

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