Lobelia Flower Box. Clibran Lobelia plants are compact and free-flowering making them very useful for edging and also valuable for window-boxes hanging baskets and for a mass planting for a flowering ground cover. This flower is a favorite among hummingbirds so planting them in a window box gives you a front-row seat to bird watching.
Bacopa is another plant with mini flowers that can really pop when planted with New Guinea. 08062020 There are several benefits to adding a window box flower garden to your shady landscapeAlthough you may initially feel disappointment at the inability to grow such window box favorites as marigolds and verbena there are a number of flowers that would scorch and wither away in a sunny containerYour shady window box wont dry out as fast as one in full sun. Clibran Lobelia plants are compact and free-flowering making them very useful for edging and also valuable for window-boxes hanging baskets and for a mass planting for a flowering ground cover.
Chartreuse sweet potato vine and the spiky purple foliage of false red dracaena ensure visual interest even when the flowers of blue lobelia and yellow million bells are between blooming cycles.
In a sunny part of the garden it can be an excellent choice as mulch or edging plant it looks very nice with other low-growing garden flowers such as dwarf variant of Marigold white. Flower Box Lantana Petunias Photo Hubert Steed Photos. Lobelia enjoys consistently moist soil in partial to full sun areas. 07052019 Our flower boxes get sun all morning so I went with all full sunpart sun-loving plants.