Plants in window boxes need good drainage, high-quality soil, and frequent watering to flourish. Here are some of the best ...

There is something genuinely magical about reaching out your kitchen window and snipping a few fresh leaves to toss into whatever is bubbling on the stove. No last-minute grocery run, no sad plastic ...

Why are some window boxes so beautiful while others are so blah? It’s all about design, according to Sonia Uyterhoeven, the gardener for public education at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

These window box flowers to plant in April will dazzle until fall. A gardening expert shares his top five picks of window box ...

Window boxes are a wonderful way to add color and charm and curb appeal for your home. They’re great for expanding your planting area, too, whether you live in a house or apartment. You also can swap ...

When the community garden plot raffle seems hopeless and you have no posh roof deck to house a container garden, window boxes offer a pleasant sliver of cathartic gardening. Window boxes are much ...

A colorful combo of bright red ornamental peppers and frilly white ornamental cabbage spices up a cool-season window box. (Jorge Salcedo, Dreamstime.com) BY KRIS WETHERBEE Window box gardens are a ...

Window boxes are charming miniature gardens with all the same horticultural potential of a big flowerbed in the ground. Because the scale is limited, you'll need to concentrate on smaller plants, but ...

Q, My wife wants me to install a window box or flower box, depending on what you call them. I’m pretty sure that if I’m successful, I’ll be installing a few more. The boxes, when full of potting soil, ...

Colorful fall window boxes in front of the house make for a warm welcome, especially in autumn when the rest of the landscaping might look a little tired. If you've had summer annuals in your window ...