7. Planting ideas for summer windowboxes and troughs
Bushy flowering plants:
Fuchsia - sun or shade.
Busy lizzies - sun or shade.
French marigolds - sun.
Begonia - sun or partial shade.
Geranium (Pelargonium) - sun.
Trailing flowering plants:
Ivy-leaved geranium (Pelargonium) - sun.
Nasturtium (grow from seed) - sun.
Sweet pea - dwarf types (grow from seed) - sun.
Lobelia - tolerates shade.
Creeping Jenny - tolerates shade.
Trailing leafy plants:
Helichrysum - grey-green leaves. Sun.
Ground ivy - variegated leaves. Sun.
