These best flowers for window boxes will bring colorful plant life into your home, even if you don’t have a garden. Consider these blooms and greens to brighten the exterior of your home or apartment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flowers in a window planter - Jorgeantonio/Getty Images Window box planters are perfect for gardeners who have limited space but ...

You may not have the time and energy to weed and maintain lovely perennial flower beds — or even to grow a few tomatoes, carrots and beans. But if you love flowers, you can have a window box or a big ...

Window boxes are a wonderful way to add color and charm and curb appeal for your home. They’re great for expanding your planting area, too, whether you live in a house or apartment. You also can swap ...

Basil is one of the annual herbs that thrive in containers like pots and window boxes. With ample access to sunlight, well-drained soil and heat, your basil can grow fresh and spicy. Cilantro is a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While there are few plantings that compare to the charm of window boxes overflowing with summer flowers, these days window boxes aren’t just for windows. Now ...

Gone are the days when people filled their front garden beds with flats of annual flowers to create a summer-long carpet of color. That’s just too expensive and too much work these days for all but ...

My terrace apartment faces west and I was wondering what flowers would be good to plant in window boxes. The sun is very strong in the summer and I would like to know what flowering plants can ...

Why are some window boxes so beautiful while others are so blah? It’s all about design, according to Sonia Uyterhoeven, the gardener for public education at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

Window box planters are perfect for gardeners who have limited space but still want to grow flowers or simply want to add more color to the outside of their homes. However, not all plants are suitable ...