Summer into Fall Window Boxes

I realize summer is on the way out to make room for cozy and crisp fall. I’m excited to share our summer into fall window boxes!

You may remember that we had our home’s trim, doors, and shutters painted back in June into July. The weather made it hard for the painting to be done in a timely manner. We had so much rain!

The house came out beautifully and if you missed it you can see the fresh look for our home.

I knew once the house was painted I wanted to plant our window boxes. Growing flowers and beautiful plants brings me so much joy. I really felt like our home looked a bit naked without them.

Planting Advice from The Root

A new and beautiful garden center just opened in Scituate over the summer – The Root! I love it there! I told them I would be back in once our home was painted.

Lisa, co-owner of The Root, was fabulous to work with. I told her my dilemma – our home is north facing so gets mostly shade in the front which meant using shade loving plants. I’ve always used annuals in the past but Lisa had the amazing ideas including using perennials instead! This was such a brilliant idea because there are so many options!

What Perennials We Used in the Window Boxes

We have pretty long window boxes as they go the length of two windows. So I have to really fill them up. We selected the following based on texture, color, and shape. The goal was to make the window boxes interesting and calming.

The following are all perennials except for the Petunias

• Australian Mother Fern
• White Nancy
• Coral Bells
• Tradescantia Zebrina Silver Plus
• Regal Red
• Snowdrift Petunia

You will notice that the plants mirror each other across the window box.

Why Using Perennials is Brilliant

Using perennials is brilliant because it opens up your options, but it also means you can replant them!

So many of these plants are new to me and I’m loving this new look for our home!

Lisa told me before the hard frost to take the ferns out (pictured above) and bring them inside to enjoy!

The rest of the perennials can be transplanted outside to overwinter and I can reuse them in the window boxes or other outdoor plantings. I’m going to plant them in our raised beds for the winter months.

I always feel so bad about throwing plants away each season so this has me feeling a whole lot happier not to mention it’s money saving too!

I took these photos in July and they looked great then.

I can’t believe how they’ve grown in two months! These plants are thriving and love our low light! We’ve had lots of rain again recently so I’m sorry the below photos isn’t brighter!

Let’s Stay in Touch

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Will you try this project? If so, let me know! Also, if you have shade loving perennials let us know in the comments. Your ideas help other readers!

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