Window Box Flowers

Empty windowsills cry out for attention in the spring.
   
Luckily, a dear friend told about a huge flower sale, sponsored by horticulture students, at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

We drove together to the destination and were delighted to find hundreds of flowering plants such as begonias, dahlias, daisies, impatiens, petunias, and geraniums.

Here's one called "Lemon Symphony":

Bill Florek, director of Horticulture at the school, said more than 35 students began planting last November for the sale.

Plants filled three greenhouses on the grounds. Students helped customers carry selections to cars and rang up the purchases. What a great program this seemed to be. Too bad all public school cannot offer horticultural programs. 

The hardest part came when deciding which of the $4.00 plants would come home to fill the flower boxes.

Brilliant red geraniums or soft apricot colored?  Dazzling pink or pastel? The final selection included white with pink (kind of candy stripes) and pastel pink geraniums, brilliant fuchsia ones, too, and white petunias.

Oh, how I'd love to go back to the sale for some lavender and for some fiery red flowers and at least 10 other varieties.

In the spring, it's easy to fall asleep without counting sheep. One can count all the different kinds of flowers there are to plant.

DO YOU HAVE WINDOW BOXES TO FILL?  IF YES, WHAT FLOWERS DO YOU FILL THEM WITH?