I got a lot of great help and suggestions here last year for planting my window box. I've wanted one of those long vinyl boxes for 10 years and finally treated myself to one for my birthday last year. I went with a hot pink theme with a little white. Since it's winter and we're all planning for next year, I thought I'd post a picture. Plants included:

1. Tidal Wave Pink Petunias

2. Bacopa (small white flowers)

3. Ipomea 'Blackie' (which I wouldn't put in again, it never really took off for some reason, I've had good luck with it elsewhere).

4. Cuphea 'Tango'

5. Diascia 'Cranberry'

6. Coleus 'Kingswood Torch' or something similar, might be a different cultivar- it's one of the kind that will take some sun and is hot pink.

7.Angelonia 'Serena White'- disappointed with this one

8. Some sort of tall white snapdragons

All together these looked great but I won't put that many different plants in the window box again. To truly appreciate the interplay of the color it needs to be viewed from close range which it really wasn't in the window box. If I do this combo again, I'll skip the sweet potato vine, Angelonia, and diascia. They added expense but didn't really give me more bang when viewed from a distance.

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