A good white window box is hard to find...

We have been searching high and low for a white window box at Garden Boutique. It is not an easy task, as so many white window boxes begin to look tatty and cheap after only a couple of weeks in the garden.

Recycled aluminium planter - powder coated white window box
£310 from Garden Boutique

Finally, we have found a white window box that stands up to the task. The bad news is that it is not cheap. It seems perfection comes with a hefty price tag.

The good news is that these white window boxes are nigh on indestructable. The planters are colour powder coated as a whole single piece so that there are no seams or joints on the exterior surface into which water could penetrate. Then they are baked at 180 degrees centigrade to allow the powder colour to super adhere into the aluminium surface to create exceptional colour longevity.

Each white window box comes with a 16 year colour guarantee so you know it will look good for years to come.

TAKEAWAY WINDOW BOX PLANTING PLANS FROM CHELSEA

Fancy re-creating your favourite Chelsea garden in your own plot? The BBC has commissioned these great 'takeaway' planting schemes for borders and window boxes, so that you can do exactly that.


My favourites include the saturated colours of the QVC scheme from top designer Sarah Price and the pastel tones of Angus Thompson's windowbox for the Children's Society (shown above)

Copper Window Box Planting

Here are a couple of ideas I planted up this spring...

don't the colours look gorgeous against the colour of our copper windowbox

COPPER WINDOW BOX planted with:

maroon Pelargonium , Cyclamen coum and a variegated trailing ivy

Why not try with Pelagonium 'Lord Bute' or 'Tornado'