Deer usually don t bother it.
Best plants for sunny flower boxes.
Fill in with things like wandering jew ivy euonymus heather or vinca which will cascade over the edge of the box.
Its spikes of purple white or pink flowers appear all summer long no matter how high the mercury rises.
Verbena is a great container garden plant for the sun because it will flower all summer long and even into the fall.
Zinnias zinnia elegans are the best friends of a sunny window box.
Impatiens do well in shady locations.
This easy care gem forms a blizzard in a pot opening white flowers all season long.
When you plant diamond frost euphorbia you re planting one of the most award winning plants ever developed.
Varieties grow from 6 inches high to 36.
Plant it in full sun or light shade emerald arborvitae thuja occidentalis emerald syn.
The 1 inch diameter flowers have almost transparent petals surrounding the centers.
Smaragd zones 2 7 provides excellent year round interest because it maintains its rich green color in winter.
More subtle choices include coleus heliotrope and salvia.
These profuse bloomers are extremely forgiving and come in a wide range of colors.
As a bonus verbenas are great for attracting butterflies.
Don t let the fact that it s new and you ve never heard of it dissuade you.
One of the showiest flowering perennials for sun hardy hibiscus produces blooms the size of dinner plates in red pink white and yellow.
Plant in moist well drained soil.
Jewel box tops out at 2 to 3 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide.
The fragrant blossoms attract birds of all types including hummingbirds and are also useful as cut flowers.
Due to its height salvia makes an excellent backdrop for flower boxes and grow well in sunny areas.
Give jewel box distylium a go.
It grows best in sun but flowers well in part shade too.
More than 400 universities and botanical gardens have named it one of their top plants.
The cultivar white licorice is actually silver white while lemon licorice.
Small red flowers adorn it in winter.
They are low maintenance drought tolerant and deer resistant.
They are drought tolerant and only need an average amount of water.
This adaptable flower is sometimes called summer snapdragon.
Some varieties of angelonia have larger blooms while dwarf varieties are the perfect size for container gardens.
Homeowners often choose licorice plant helichrysum petiolare for window boxes because of its unique felted foliage.