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Examples of window box in a Sentence
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Silver falls plant, or Dichondra 'Silver Falls' (Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'), is an accurate name: This plant resembles a silvery waterfall cascading from hanging baskets, containers, and window boxes, or a silvery wave flowing across gardens and beds.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
Plant in containers, window boxes, beds and baskets.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Pansies tumble out of window boxes at downtown bars and restaurants, peonies burst from front yards in the historic districts in the spring, and even the occasional flowering weed pops up from the sidewalk with cheery and hospitable flair.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2024
For more inspiring ways to grow hydrangeas in containers, from terracotta pots to window boxes, explore this round up of ideas that includes which companion plants to pair with hydrangeas in planters.
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Why Didn't My Hydrangeas Bloom?
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Today’s Paper | Subscribe The Joys of Gardening Whether you’re limited to an apartment window box or looking to start a backyard vegetable garden, these tips can help.
—Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Grow plants rabbits love, like lettuce, in window boxes, hanging baskets, or somewhere out of reach.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
Drainage Be sure the window boxes have drainage holes.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2022
Grow your collection with the matching garland, potted tree, pot filler, hanging basket, and window box.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“Window box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20box. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
window box
noun
: a box for growing plants in or by a window
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