Here's what I did last year, on a deck with eastern exposure and plenty of afternoon sun. I used one purple fountain grass in the center - it grew tall enough to help screen the not-so-nice view of an auto repair shop next door. I filled the legs of the plant with coleus - two lime greens on each side and a red one with green edges in the middle. Finally, I added three gorgeous spillers. From left to right they are.....burgundy wedding train coleus, a creeping jenny and a (slightly spent-looking) lobelia.
Two years ago, I placed the pot on our front stoop. The conditions there aren't favorable....there is no water source nearby and the south-facing stoop is on a very busy street. You could literally fry an egg out there most summer days. And with so many other decks and containers to water - only one of which has a water source - there was no way I was going to make it out there every day to carefully maintain the pot. My solution was this symmetrical desert design. It looked great when I planted it up (picture below) and it was super tolerant of the conditions...probably too tolerant. The three filler plants overtook the yucca and became quite unruly. I wish my hard drive hadn't crashed so I could show you that little lovely.....but as all gardeners know - live and learn. The beauty of containers is that if something isn't working, you can just pull out a plant or two and put something else in.
Next week, I'll be sharing some photos of my other decks/containers throughout the years. In the meantime, does anyone have ideas for how to take good pictures of window boxes from the inside?
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