Window boxes are a lot of work (yes, I have some on my home). How do you plan to water them? From inside - means lugging water- from outside means water will be running down the roof. NO artificial flowers

I love the look of window boxes, but even if you custom built boxes to adapt the the roof slope, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to have them sitting on the roof due to the possibility of water issues. It occured to me that you could get a similar look by building a box or pergola over your garage, but I’m concerned about blocking your rain gutter. Perhaps someone on this forum has figured out how to solve that problem and can offer advice.

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Thank you so much for taking thethe time and responding. Gave me some things to think about.

Do uoh think something like this could work?

I’ve had and love window boxes but never on the second story. I don’t think they’d be a good idea on those two windows. Though not the biggest problem, it looks like they’d cover a good portion of the lower part of the windows. The bigger problem, as already noted here, is access/maintenance and/or possible water leaking onto the roof.

those are pretty.

how are you going to attach the boxes? the window sits very low w/no room for the box

this is a split level w/room below the windows

what do you plan on planting?

what direction do they face?

are you willing to water daily?

annuals will need to be removed and replaced yearly

the flowers will need tending to or it will look raggedy

if you just want to do something like those petunias, great! But don't expect more than a few months of them looking like that.

Maybe you could plant some pothos ivy or something similar that doesn't require a lot of care?

Coleus will have color, but don't like full sun. they need pruning.

I like the trellis/arbor over the garage idea better. let me show you

(you can image search "pergolas over garage doors" or something like that

you could do something simple like this and hang petunia baskets,,

or, purne out those hedges on the left side, install the trellis, and plant something that grows tall and trails

clearing out that hedge on the left side will give you more room for a larger pot to hold some type of climbing vine/rose. put one on the opposite too and let them grow to the middle

these vines are in two smaller pots that don't take up a lot of room.

during the summer, morning glories would be perfect here! and they grow super fast.

I'm with @partim --- too much work and I have a LOT of gardens. I've also noted that beautiful window boxes are much, much more common in staged photos for sites like Houzz than on houses in real life.

You don't have room for window boxes. Further, window boxes need drainage, because a rain storm and no drainage results in drowned roots. Drainage means all the draining water is going near the flashing between the siding and the roof --- a weak point in weatherproofing.

Your current landscaping has plenty of room for more colorful annuals. I'd concentrate there. Put some pots of flowers on your porch.

Your house would look more attractive with the focus on the doorway and window, and with less emphasis on the garage side of the house. Right now the white garage doors pop out, and the shutters are also emphasizing the left side.

I would not put pergolas or anything on the garage side. The right side of your house is the pretty side. Don't emphasize the less attractive part.

Painting the garage doors a darker colour to blend in with the brick will help a lot. Paint the downspout to the right of the doorway the same colour as the brick. I'd remove the shutters.

Draw the eye to the right side with some blooms or shrubs with colourful foliage. Plant a row of something white or bright along the shrubs you have to draw the eye across the house. Trim down the shrubs that hide the window, if you can.

I'd paint the front door a real colour, or white, to draw the eye.