I have now gone over the top and planted everything from Alium to Zinna out my back windows. I decided enough dust and despair down here... Blue, purple, gold, and white-- it's a riot! My favorite today, Purple Heliotrope.
Tomorrow, onto the front windows with oranges and yellows!

hattie always has to be top-hattie!

i can't wait to see all your gorgy flora and fauna.
i went with red because i need the brightest color and large blooms.
i almost forgot to feed them. someone remind me, please.

hattie went over the top again. the full garden he planted will take over by mid summer.
it was an inspiration for me.
btw, i love the paint colors you are using.

...more delphiniums?

I just put in a gorgeous white Cosmo. Now I really must stop...

hattie,
i really enjoyed the pics of your garden. thank you.
you should post one to share it with everyone else.
BTW, ouch!

oh my lovely geraniums. to wake up to such beauty every afternoon is bliss.

I hope they are red. It's so Mediterranean.

yes darling, i planted all red for the brighest color impact i could get.
i love them so much, the simple things in life can start your day off on such a positive note.

now i'm more interested in my garden and neglect my window boxes. poor little things are thirsty.

[This message was edited by michael ford on 05-20-03 at 11:22 PM.]

Luvies its time to garden.....
Weeded all the crap from my fire escape garden... planning a trek to Union Sq mkt for the big flower shop.... even bought seeds for sunflowers! whoo hoo.. see how domestic i am (really)

got the window boxes planted, same thing as last year. now the country is a different story. the garden takes most of my time to plant and maintain. i love to loose myself in the garden. it's a huge luxury.

Off to the garden centre to find scads of delphiniums and who knows what else!

Which garden centre do you go to? I seem to only manage a trip to the Union Sq mkt.. but would love some geranium seeds (SO easy to grow)and the flowers are great and you can even use them in salads!!

I've just planted tomatos,cilantro and basil. But I have a yard here in the provinces.Yeahhhh spring!

speking of gardens did anyone see this months town & country? it features grey gardens.

The Chelsea Garden Centre on 16th between Ninth and Tenth. It used to be where the Tribeca Grand is now, but they moved.

Thanks luv,

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5404229

I adore this story...

I just planted SO many flowers on my fire escape it looks amazing!

Great idea, gorrilla guardeners. am sure we would get tickets and arrested in nyc.

rescued a plant from the garbage room a month and half ago, an easter type thing am guessing. it has continually put-out one tiny little tea blossom ever since. cutiest thing.

also recently mixed murphy's soap with water and sprayed any plants infected with bugs, and guess what! the bugs went away and my plants have stayed healthy. am sure something like this would work on window boxes, as bugs are always merlin's first problem while growing things indoors.