Window Boxes

Container Gardening Ideas – Window Planters and Garden Containers

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on October 13th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Window Planters & Garden Containers - How to Find a Bargain Towards the end of the summer lots of nursies and garden centres clear out their old stock at bargain prices. I have bought many a container at less than full price after pointing out some chip or flaw or missing bit to the salesman; after all, any such imperfection can be Read more ...

Window Planters to Complement Your Home

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on October 11th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Window Planters and Flower Planters At all times window planters and other containers should be chosen to marry up with the building on which they are displayed. Perhaps the best window planters, like the best cut flower containers, are unobtrusively in keeping with the plants and the surroundings. A mock 18th century lead box (glass fibre copy) embossed with sporting Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas – Window Planters – Colour Schemes

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on October 6th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Creating Colour Schemes for Window Planters, and Garden Pots and Planters When walking along a short residential street, a square or a close, or even when looking up at a block of flats, it would be nice to see some overall colour scheme for their window planters, hanging flower baskets or other plantings. For individualists, however, there are plenty of ideas to Read more ...

Hanging Flower Baskets and Container Gardening

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on September 30th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Designs and Trends In Container Gardening Perhaps it was the last war, when every bit of land was needed for food production, which brought the small stirrings of a renewed interest in container gardening for flowers and ornamental plants. Most homes today, with their small gardens, or because they have no garden at all, possess at least one plant in a pot, and Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas for Window Planters

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on September 21st, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Great Container Gardening Ideas Flower Planters, Window Planters, Large Planters - Anything Goes! It is good to have a number of interchangeable window planters so that jaded, faded plantings can be removed as they go over and be exchanged for fresh plants just coming up to their best. These need not necessarily be expensive – look around and see what you can find in the Read more ...

Colour Co-ordinate Window Flower Boxes/Garden Pots and Planters

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on September 2nd, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Colour Co-Ordinate Your Garden Pots and Planters We are all individuals and we choose the colours of paintwork, curtains, sunblinds and so on because we like them. We can continue these colours when choosing plants and flowers. It is a good idea when planning hanging flower baskets, window flower boxes, and other garden pots and planters, for Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas for Window Planters

Posted in Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on September 1st, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
My very first experience with container gardening ideas for a window planter or window box began when I used a wooden tomato basket with a metal handle and the words 'Best Guernsey' printed across it in red. I took off the handle, sanded down the rough wood to a finer finish, and gave the outside a coat of primer then two coats of crisp white paint. I treated the inside with Read more ...

A to Z of Container Garden Plants for Gardening Containers

Posted in Annuals, Biennials, Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Perennials, Window Boxes on August 31st, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
A to Z of Container Garden Plants for any Garden Containers It would be impossible to list all the plants, of many kinds, which will adapt happily to growing in gardening containers of one sort or another. But here are some which I have found especially useful and attractive: Ajuga (Bugle) Perennial creeping rosettes, mostly producing intense blue flower spikes Read more ...