Ample garden space can be as hard to come by in DC. An alternative: Window flower boxes
Evaluate the sunlight/shade situation for the windows where you’ll be hanging boxes. “Your plant choices depend entirely on how much light reaches them throughout the day,” Hammond says.Hammond uses the thriller/filler/spiller method for choosing plants, meaning he picks one tall, eye-catching plant; another that provides good cover over the soil; and a third that overflows down the sides of the box.
“Ignore the advice on the tags about spacing the plants,” he says. You’ll want them to fit in tightly, “and that’s perfectly okay.”Place the plants in the flower box and then use a cup to sprinkle more soil around the base of each. “A layer of mulch on top will keep out weeds and retain moisture,” but leave about an inch of room around the lip of the box for rainwater.To keep plants happy, “stick your finger about an inch into the soil—it should be damp.
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