Trailing Plants for Window / Deck Boxes ?

I am planning to plant some deck boxes on my balcony (pretty traditional 36" window boxes). I am a relative neophyte gardener, so I am looking for suggestions.





I'd like to use some trailing plants that will really drape, so that by late summer they could hang down 24-36" and really disguise the less than attractive deck structure.





Any suggestions - I grew some trailing petunias last year, and I really like them, but I don't know that they would hang down to the degree I am looking for . . . I might be looking for a greener plant that drapes.





I live in the Northeast, and the boxes will get direct and indirect sun for most of the day.





Thanks in advance.

Trailing Plants for Window / Deck Boxes ?
Bacopa is a good trailer...it has really pretty small white flowers on it and it grows very long. Also Calabrachoa...know as "million bells" very colorful.


Moonvine is good also
Reply:Clematis, Or thousand island tomatoes. I do the in some of my boxes and the look really cool with yellow flowers and red fruits. Sort of pick and munch while chatting. I have found that the smaller tomatoe vines grow great up and growing down instead of up and falling down. Grow some on the bottom halfs too. Cucumbers, small guords and other veggie like to grow down or up triling and wrapping. Its a neat way of growing your veggies and taking advantage of there beauty, natural food. Good luck I have done this and it makes a hit every year. Another good planter if your a near the woods is hollow stumps or hollow rounds of fire wood make beautiful natural planters. I have one that has poppies in it and all around it. One with peas, etc. I could go on forever with neat tthiings. Like i have an old out looking thing that I wanna grow hops on. Usually my morning and moonn glories are there. Margolds and lemon balm are good bug repelent. I also live in the north east. Rural NY
Reply:Try a combination of plants. I would strongly urge that you consider the planter as a year long item! In our area (NE) a great plant to put at the forefront of the box would be a Cranberry Cotoneaster. It is slow growing but will drape over the sides as you wish (trim the backside everyother month to promote the front growth) and provide interest every season.


Backfill the boxes with annual flowers of your particular taste.


The Cotoneaster will be relatively cheap but make sure it is the Cranberry. A hardy and long lived plant. Hope it helps.
Reply:what you want is supertunias,they usually spread about 3 - 3.5 feet,wave petunias do aswell but take much longer to establish that length,i am from the northeast and these are the best also i work in the plant industry,so i hope it helps
Reply:Morning glory again is most suitable for mild areas. Available in blues, rich scarlets and purples, easily grown from seed germinated indoors and will grow to about 2.5-3m (8-10ft) high in a season.





Dont forget about ivys. They can grow fast and cover a larger area.