Flowers and herbs have one thing in common. Fragrant flowers capture the imagination of lovers and writers. Butterflies are also attracted to the fragrance and aroma they exude. Herbs on the other hand have the cooks going wild about them.  And you can never escape their beauty right on your window boxes.  When butterflies start to dance silently around your beautiful plants, you can tell that your flowers and herbs are in full bloom.  Window flower boxes add a touch of elegance to your flora.

Gardening with window boxes can help bring out the best in you. It is such a delight to see various species of butterfly on your colorful little garden.  Then you might want to attract more.  So you have to find out what is the right combination of herbs and flowers to lure various kinds of butterflies.  Your window boxes will provide the right place for your little Eden.  

So what kind of flowers and herbs would be nice to plant in window boxes? You wouldn't want flowers that grow tall and big.  Your flowers and herbs in window flower boxes should be small enough as to not cover your window.  Ready your soil as it should be done for any small gardens.  Enrich the soil with the right compost or have it your way. You can always make your own with little or no cost.  if you are not sure about which kind of variety of flowers and herbs to plant, you can always ask the experts.  You can go and check out in some nurseries. You can also go online and learn a thing or two from several gardening websites.

Flowers and herbs can be planted in a certain way and arranged in an elegant manner that should enhance their growth. But the arrangement or how you plant them will be limited to how large your windows boxes are. You might want to plant them in different ways so that when they blossom, your window flower boxes will burst with a variety of colors.  And the herbs will provide the greens and the wonderful aroma that fills up your house.  So expect to see a butterfly or two fluttering around your little window flower boxes. You need to take care of your flowers and plants so that they wouldn't wither away. A little pruning here and there will not harm the plants. You need to be extra careful when taking care of your plants on the window boxes.

As you water your precious treasure of flowers and herbs, be sure to be soft and gentle.  You don't want to wash away the flowers and herbs as well as the soil.  Once you have everything done right you can have a wonderful garden. The flowers and herbs and the added bonus of fluttering butterflies are perfect shots.  A small garden using window flower boxes can enhance the beauty of your house in a simple way.

You don't have to worry about the window flower boxes getting rotten. Nowadays, you can find various window boxes that can withstand the elements. Most are made of PVC, which is a variety of hard plastic. They are even manufactured to look like wood. In this way, you don't also have to worry about aesthetics. They are even easy to install.