{"id":25091,"date":"2018-02-27T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/?p=25091"},"modified":"2018-02-26T19:54:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T02:54:56","slug":"plant-window-boxes-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/plant-window-boxes-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring will be here before we know it. Thank goodness. We&#8217;ve already noticed buttercups and daffodils popping up in some neighborhoods. It has us in the gardening spirit and we are very ready for a little curb appeal to inspire us for spring. First things first we cannot wait to tackle our window boxes. We experimented for a few years and have been doing some research and these are the plants we have found work best in the unique window box space.<\/p>\n<p>Ideal plants for window boxes are colorful, can withstand a lot of hot sun or can handle part shade and don&#8217;t have finicky watering requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring:<\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25093 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/what-to-plant-in-your-window-boxes-2-e1519684198992.jpg\" alt=\"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25094 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/what-to-plant-in-your-window-boxes-1-e1519684333669.jpg\" alt=\"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\"><\/p>\n<h4>Low Maintenance and Colorful Options:<\/h4>\n<h4>Coleus<\/h4>\n<p>This plant comes in several color varieties,&nbsp;which gives you plenty of options. It makes an easy choice for a container filler. We love the red and green tiger leaf variety, it makes for a bolder pop to your window boxes.<\/p>\n<h4>Sweet Potato Vine<\/h4>\n<p>This is great and we love its climbing effect. It looks amazing when it creeps down over the edge. It grows very fast and is the prettiest bright yellow-green.<\/p>\n<h4>Dracaena<\/h4>\n<p>This spiky foliage adds height to the back or sides of your wind box. It also is a lovely dark green color.&nbsp;It can grow pretty&nbsp;tall, but luckily, it grows slowly. It should be moved indoors for the Winter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25095 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/what-to-plant-in-your-window-boxes3-e1519685126729.jpg\" alt=\"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/what-to-plant-in-your-window-boxes3-e1519685126729.jpg 800w, https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/what-to-plant-in-your-window-boxes3-e1519685126729-600x467.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Edible Options:<\/h4>\n<p>You all know how much we love multipurpose and <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/2015\/08\/25\/food-drink\/wild-foods\/7-edibles-right-in-your-backyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">edible garden options<\/a>, so mixing it up by incorporating some herbs is awesome. They look good and taste even better in your cooking.<\/p>\n<h4>Some of our favorite herbs are:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Basil<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mint<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lemon Thyme<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Parsley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cilantro&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-1-e1519686460971.jpg\" alt=\"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-1-e1519686460971.jpg 800w, https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-1-e1519686460971-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25096 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-e1519685722458.jpg\" alt=\"What You Should Plant in Your Window Boxes This Spring\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-e1519685722458.jpg 800w, https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/window-boxes-e1519685722458-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Sweet Smells:<\/h4>\n<p>Coming home to some amazing scents is never a bad idea. Designing a fragrant window box is so fun and rewarding. Your family and neighbors will thank you tremendously.<\/p>\n<h4>Our favorite fragrant&nbsp;options include:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lavender<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosemary&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jasmine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Petunias<\/strong> (We love the pink and white ones.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lemon Balm<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sweet Peas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Moonflowers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are your favorites to add to your window boxes? Comment below or on our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgiapellegrini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring will be here before we know it. Thank goodness. We&#8217;ve already noticed buttercups and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":25092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[690],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapellegrini.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}