Nice ideas and planting tips

Replant balcony boxes step by step

First you need flowers that bloom through autumn and some perennials with beautiful autumn colors.
The right tool is also important, good ones Potting soil, some gravel or Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) for drainage and work gloves.

1. Remove the old potting soil from the Window boxes.(€ 7.99 at Amazon *)
2. Put in a layer of expanded clay or gravel to prevent waterlogging.
3. Fill the box with good potting soil. For autumn planting, wider and deeper specimens are better suited so that the plants take root in as much soil as possible and thus survive the winter unscathed.
4. Water the plants before planting.
5. Put the plants in the container and fill the cavities with soil.
6. Press the soil well and water the plants.

Since the plants need little nutrients during the cold months, is a

Fertilize not mandatory.
If you want, you can also plant flower bulbs for spring.
If it is quite dry in autumn and winter, it is essential to water it regularly. On frosty days in winter, the Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) covered with a fleece.

Which plants are suitable for autumn planting?

For a friendly look, flowering plants are primarily recommended. Plants with colored foliage, with berries and grasses loosen up the overall picture.

Autumn flowering plants

There is a great variety here, which has something for everyone.

• the chrysanthemum (a small shape for the balcony)
• the Erika
• the heather
• different asters
• lower sun hat
• Autumn gentian
• Autumn cyclamen
• Pansy
• Horned violets

Colorful foliage plants and those with berries

Here, too, you can choose from a wide range of colors and shapes

• the Gunselwhose leaves turn even more intense when it is cold
• Purple bells, with orange-yellow, green-red, dark-red or purple leaves
• different colored ornamental cabbage
• yellow gold pennywort
• Shamberry
• Skimmie
• Peat myrtle

Grasses

Grasses are very hardy and loosen up the look of a balcony box very well.

• Moor-Pipe grass, with striped, green-cream-white leaves
• Pennisetum, with bronze, red, green or variegated leaves
• bronze colored sedge
• silver blue fescue