It's not that easy to make the right choice for your balcony box from the dizzying range of magnificent plants. Therefore, use our recommendations including shopping list to imaginatively plant a flower box.
How do you design a flower box imaginatively?
To design a flower box imaginatively, combine different, colorful plants such as double daffodils, ranunculus, horned violets and tulips in spring, farmer's hydrangeas, busy lizards and men's faithful in summer or elf mirrors, levkojen, vanilla flowers and lavender for one blooming festival in the evening.
Heralds of spring for the flower box
Spring will be colorful in the balcony box if you put the following plants on your shopping list:
- 2 Double daffodils (Narcissus 'Rip van Winkle')
- 1 yellow ranunculus 'Yellow' (Ranunculus asiaticus)
- 2 light blue horn violets (Viola cornuta 'Boughton Blue')
- 1 Forget-me-not (Myosotis)
- 2 Dwarf tulips, like the water lily tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Early Harvest')
Specialist retailers (€19.00 on Amazon) will have onion flowers ready for you early in the spring if you have missed the autumn planting time.
Blue and white summer fairy tale - these plants make the dream come true
A white and blue planted flower box spreads a carefree holiday feeling. If you write down the following plants on your shopping list, the summer floral fairytale is guaranteed:
- 1 Farm hydrangea 'Bela' (Hydrangea macrophylla) with blue flower balls
- 2 Busy Lizzies (Impatiens walleriana) with white, unfilled flowers
- 2 Busy Lizzies (Impatiens walleriana) with white, double flowers
- 2 Magic Snow 'Diamond Frost' (Euphorbia Hybrid)
- 2 Snowflake flowers (Bacopa)
- 2 Male faithful 'Alba St. John' (Lobelia)
This planting suggestion is suitable for large flower boxes at least 100 cm long and 30 cm deep, so that the majestic farmer's hydrangea can unfold in all its splendor.
Flower festival for the end of the day – this is how it works
Can you only enjoy the magic of your flowers on the balcony after work? Then choose these plants, which release an intoxicating scent over the course of the evening:
- 4 Elfenspiegel 'Fleurie Bluebird' (Nemesia strumosa) with sky blue flowers
- 4 Levkojen (Matthiola), for example 'Tudor Tapestry' with purple-pink flowers
- 1 Vanilla flower (Heliotropium arborescens) 'Marine' with dark purple flowers and a wonderful vanilla scent
- 1 Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia), for example 'Blue Crusion' with blue, compact cushions
This color combination of pink, purple and blue looks particularly elegant in the white wooden balcony box. The recommended plant company is available in numerous other colors, so there are no limits to your personal design ideas.
Tip
Do you want a balcony box with a privacy screen effect? Then write down 3 pearl millet 'Purple Majesty' (Pennisetum glaucum) on your shopping list, which also reach an impressive 80 cm in the flower box. As flower-rich, tone-on-tone companion plants, 3 Male True (Lobelia hybrids) 'Blue Star', 2 Male True (Lobelia erinus) 'Compact Blue with Eye' and 2 mini petunias (Calibrachoa) 'Brigth Red' are at her feet.
