Texas Gardening: window box suggestions, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
Raven,

The only sure way to have good window boxes in summer anywhere in the south is to have an automatic watering system.

If you go to a local sprinkler outfit they should be able to set you up. They have plug in timers and battery operated ones too. The flexible plastic pipe is cheap and the other parts are not very expensive. You can hook these systems up to any hose bib.

I know it is a little brutal to say, but, you are not going to have success in summer with anything except cactus without a watering system. Once in place they last for years and then you can focus on enjoying your plants and trying new plant combos.

Here is a place that I installed 5 years ago. I go by this place once every 3 months and I change the flowers twice a year. You can't see the watering heads that come on twice a day for 10 minutes, but, take note of how shallow these containers are and they are growing very well>