Fall/Winter windowboxes

[Lilnoni]

I don't want to take down my window boxes but I know soon my impatiens and wave petunias will need to go. Does anyone have any suggestions for what will withstand fall temps that will get only about 3 hours of sun on a western exposure?

[CarolB]

Liloni, will pansies work in your window boxes? I don't have window boxes here in North Ga but I do use them them all winter in pots out on the patio.They do just fine and then I deadhead them in late spring and they'll look good until about May.
Carol

[SouthernStyle]

What about those decorative cabbages? On the Cottage Living site they did an article about window box plants. I will see if I can dig it up!

[SouthernStyle]

I didn't find the article I was looking for but found one on Kale (decorative cabbage) and it does do fine in a container. You could also use those "icicle pansies" that do well in cold.

Kale for Fall (http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/gardens/article/0,21135,1096639,00.html)

[Capucine]

I use chard in my window boxes in the winter. It has beautiful red highlights. And it gives height to the boxes. I have ivy in them year round that looks just as good in the winter as it does in the summer draping down. I also have some heuchera that looks pretty good in the winter in the boxes. Not as good as it looks in the summer, but it's something. I have put purple sage in them that made it through the winter. Parsely is another option.

Think about winter veggies. Some of them are actually very pretty. Pansies are definately an alternative.

[Yankee Doodle]

I've got kale, cabbages and pansies in mine for the fall, I'll add a few mini pumpkins in a couple of weeks.

[OliviaEllyn]

not sure where your at in NC.. yet west wards, the johnny jump ups do well along with some rosemary and a few other herbs that I love to use. Hardy veggies can add a nice touch and if the box is deep enough, try a evergreen of some sort too.