Fall Window Boxes

Simple window box

They're beautiful, they're affordable, and they're low-maintenance; nothing says fast and easy fall gardening like a fully fitted window box. These easy-to-assemble mini gardens also have the advantage of short-term commitment. Planting this fabulous full-sun arrangement is as easy as putting together simple flowers for a dinner party.
TIP: Think of a window box as you would a centerpiece. Start with a focal point, and move out from there.
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Fall-blooming aster
Variegated ivy
Ornamental cabbage or kale
Fountain grass
Sweet flag
Gourds and pumpkins     

Elegant Window Box

We love the luxe, posh look of this full-sun box with its classic pairing of mums and ornamental cabbages. Keeping it from veering into cliche territory are the unusual cascading mums. To get the look, pack a window box with deep smoky purple ornamental cabbages and sparkling white ornamental kales, then intersperse them with rich magenta pompom chrysanthemums trained into a graceful cascade. Ice-tipped trailing ivy adds shimmer in the late afternoon light.
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Ornamental cabbage and kale
Variegated ivy
Cascading mums        

Tropical Window Box

Who says fall has to be all about brown, orange, and yellow? Adorn your cottage with deep purple, warm red, and bright pink for a hot, vibrant look from the last of summer's tropical plants as temperatures cool. These tropical foliage plants (grown as annuals) take bright, indirect light to filtered shade and look smashing right up until frost.
TIP: Throw in elephant ears or fuchsia for a pleasing surprise.
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Heliotrope
Fuchsia
Coleus
Big-eared taro or Elephant ear
Persian shield
Vinca
Purple heart         

Cheerful Window Box

Bright and lively colors combine to add a hint of happiness to any home in this cheery window box. Forget serious planning and strict styling, and opt for whatever plants bring a smile to your face when you go shopping. These plants prefer strong indirect light or light shade.
TIP: Your window box design should look good from all sides, since it's on view from indoors as well as out. Scatter flowering plants throughout the box, alternating plantings by height and color as you go.     

Modern Window Box

Gleaming white 'Lumina' (large) and 'Snowball' (small) pumpkins spiked with shiny tufts of black-as-night mondo grass is a simple full shade combination that's all-hallows spooky but oh-so chic. In and around, we tucked fat clusters of blood-orange berries, which drip from branches of bittersweet vine (sold in bunches at florists). You can up the spook factor by hiding strands of mini lights between pumpkins.
TIP: Simple is often better. Remembering that is key to this noteworthy arrangement.
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Black mondo grass
Small white pumpkins
Large white pumpkins
Bittersweet (cut branches)       

Playful Window Box

Tricked out for the season in combustible colors and riffed with references of a late-autumn harvest, this exuberant full-sun window box celebrates all that we love about fall-like the vivid colors and leafy textures. While it may require some boldness and a passion for abundance to pull off a planting like this, it was actually very easy-we found all the plants and supplies at our local home-improvement store's garden center. (By the way, this one really got the neighbors talking.)
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Purple fountain grass
Variegated Japanese sedge
Florist mums
Small white pumpkins Ornamental peppers      http://www.myhomeideas.com/outdoor-living/gardening/fall-window-boxes-10000001098256/