Over the years, I’ve tried out a few flowers and can recommend my 14 picks to you.
With window boxes, you can add a splash of color and a touch of nature to your home – leaving people wowed as they behold the beauty in your home. The appealing and eye-satisfying design of these flowers is an experience you don’t want to miss out on.
Read on to find out the 14 best plants and flowers for window boxes. I selected them with you in mind. Trust me! You’re going to love them all.
14 Best Plants and Flowers for Window Boxes
1 – Petunia
Petunia is known as the summer’s workhorse. Even under the harshest hot sunlight, it constantly puts out its beautiful bloom of flowers.
With petunia, your home might soon become a “tourist” center (lol). It’s durable and easy to maintain.
2 – Cranesbill
Cranesbill is easy to maintain. It does not have complexities. This is one of the most durable flowers for window boxes.
An additional PLUS is that it is beautiful. When it blooms under the sun, your home exudes elegance and style.
3 – Fuchsia
Well known as “shade plants”, this flower is a great pick for window boxes. It needs a lot of sunlight to bloom. Therefore, the best spot is to place it in your window box.
The array of colors it exudes makes it a unique species of plant – enhancing the beauty of your home.
4 – Zinnias
It fills up your window box by sitting perfectly in the middle. The combination of reds and greens from this flower makes it one of my top pick plants for window boxes.
Give a touch of nature to your home by planting zinnias in your window box.
5 – Salvia
Do you know why I love this plant? It’s drought and heat-resistant. A lot of flowers shrink, dry up and die under excessive heat.
However, salvia blooms and radiates its beauty under sunlight, making it a great pick for window boxes.
6 – Ivy
This is not one of the normal “red and green” flower plants. Its unique color gives your home an aura of lushness, excellence and style. It’s a great pick for window boxes.
7 – Begonia
Give your window frames the elegance they deserve by gracing them with the begonia flower. It has a double petal structure like rose flowers.
Trust me! It works perfectly for window boxes and hanging baskets.
8 – Sweet Alyssum
This plant thrives in almost any weather condition. It crawls out of your window box with style and curls around your window frames. With sweet alyssum, you can serenade your environment with the tranquility that comes from nature’s blessing.
9 – Marigold
It’s vibrant, cheerful and beautiful. Marigolds are an elegant species of flowering plants for window boxes. It fits perfectly into your window frame and brightens up your environment.
10 – Coleus
Make your home the center of attraction with the coleus flower. It comes with several unique varieties, making it adaptable to sunny and shady conditions. This is one of my top picks for window boxes.
11 – Creeping Jenny
This crawling plant is also suitable for your window boxes. It comes in shades of green and gold, giving your home a sense of abundance, peace and elegance. It is durable and easy to maintain.
12 – Dusty Miller
This silver-coloured foliage plant is suitable for your window frames. It makes your home look unique – compared to the common red flowers you find around. If you have a knack for going beyond the norm, then, this plant suits you.
13 – Impatiens
Give your home the lushness it deserves with this flower. Place it in your window boxes. Let it radiate the beauty of nature as it blooms under sunlight.
14 – Snapdragon
This is an eye-catching selection of flowers for window boxes. Its top spikes are covered with blooms of beautiful flowers, radiating brilliance and excellence. This is one of my best plants for window frames and home exteriors.
