Ideas for Great Curb Appeal

Lively flowers and a fresh coat of paint can turn your home into an eye-catching gem.

Add Charm with Window Boxes

Beautiful gardens in miniature—that's the essential appeal of window boxes. No matter if you lack the time, money, or energy to maintain large, sumptuous borders, you can still enjoy colorful flowers and foliage in planters that are small enough to change in five minutes and striking enough to give your house a new look.|Article: Steve Bender

Make It Interesting
Photo: Van Chaplin, Window Box Design: Tracee Lund

Make It Interesting

One simple rule to make window boxes like these more interesting: Plant a thriller (something tall, such as a blooming geranium), a filler (something to add fullness, such as colorful caladium), and a spiller (something to trail over the sides, such as purple petunias).

What's planted: salmon pink geranium, 'Pink Beauty' caladium, and purple petunias


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