Enchanting Cottage Window Flowers: Beautiful Charm for Home Exteriors

Every house that I’ve ever owned (just three, for the record) has been adorned with flower boxes. I’ve always loved flowers at the window and have had to create the boxes at each home so I could plant them. I put impatiens and some type of vine at the shady locations, and geraniums in the sunny window locations. I enjoy lots of blooms so I fertilize the plants regularly. Today I have a fun collection of cottage window flowers to share with you so you can see how to achieve a similar look even if you don’t have window boxes. Take a look!

How sweet is this first window with its pale blue-green wooden shutters and lace in the window? The sill is just wide enough to place a row of charming flower pots with white blooms.

 

Here’s a great idea – plant a blooming bush under the window that’s just tall enough to see the flowers from inside the home. Hydrangeas are a great choice but make sure to check the tag to see how big the plant will get.

 

The homeowner of a sweet little stone cottage clearly doesn’t care if they can see outside through this small window. A planting of colorful geraniums is all that can be seen from inside the home. Isn’t the little wooden shutter just adorable? Reminds me of the cottages we saw in the Cotswold area.

 

It’s not every day you see a stone shelf underneath a window, but a row of geranium pots sits safely on it to create a charming display of cottage window flowers.

 

It’s hard to tell how these cottage window flowers are planted, but it’d be interesting if the homeowner found a pocket in the stone work to hold dirt and plants.

 

A tiny window box holds tiny trailing flowers beneath a red shuttered window with lace curtains. These photos are motivating me to add painted wooden shutters to my house. My neighbor across the street can make furniture so maybe I can get him to craft some old-fashioned shutters.

 

Here’s a good option for adding flowers under windows – simply park a small bench underneath and add a pot of daisies or other blooms during the summer. In the fall, you can swap it out for colorful mums.

 

I do like the idea of planting large blooming bushes beneath a window. Late last summer we planted 5 smaller hydrangeas underneath our front windows that have flower boxes. My hope is that the bushes will grow up to the top of the flower boxes and then you’ll see the geraniums peeking out above the bushes.

 

Snapdragons and pansies create a pretty collection of cottage window flowers. With a window box, you have almost endless options for creating floral displays and can change it up from year to year. I tend to stick with geraniums and impatiens because they create mounds of blooms all summer long.

 

Just this morning when I woke up, the first thing I saw were the red and pink flowers of the geraniums peeking above the bottom of my bedroom window and it made me smile. It’s a simple way to start the day on a positive note!