Flowers For Deck Boxes

These golden yellow flower buds are a beautiful summer addition to your deck or patio.

Flowers for deck boxes.

1 0 shade lover. Whether you re looking for plants for your balcony deck or backyard with such a huge variety to choose from you re bound to find the perfect potted plant to suit your space. My deck boxes turned out really good this year. It s often grown in patio pots and hanging baskets to enhance curb appeal.

Amazing needle like foliage and bright and colorful small flowers the portulacas worth a place in your container garden in hanging baskets or window boxes whether you live in tropics or in temperates. Wax begonias those bushy 6 to 12 inch tall plants with green or bronzy leaves and abundant red pink or white flowers have long been favorites for adding color to pots and window boxes in shady sites for something a little different look for the dragon wing types with glossy green leaves and dangling clusters of large red or pink flowers. Peace lily spathiphyllum a very popular indoor plant this glossy leafed beauty thrives in a warm bright spot out of direct sun. The stems grow upward and tumble down making both a lovely backdrop and frame for the other plants in your container.

I try to guide some of the flowers down the back of the deck box and through the petunias. Angelonia my favorite thriller plant. The most familiar is a soft blue gray but there are pretty variegated varieties too. This prolific bloomer starts to flower from summer and continue this in fall.

If you have pets or children just be sure to keep these plants out of reach because all parts are poisonous if ingested. When you live in a house one of the first things that you will consider as a plant lover is where you will place your flowers in your indoor and outdoor space. Helichrysum is grown for its small felt like leaves. In tropics it blooms in winter.

Plant in moist well drained soil. The hanging flowers are indeed trumpet shape and can reach more than 1 foot long depending on variety. They are one of the toughest plants that never mind the rising tropical heat and drought. Some homes have a lot of garden space that can accommodate a wide variety of different plants while other homes will only have enough space for a few window boxes.

The blooms also release a pleasant sweet fragrance after sunset. Portulacas are annuals everywhere except tropical zones. It gets tall through the summer. They will cascade down the front of the pot.

Hummingbirds love the flowers. No matter where you live window boxes can look amazing but since.