Coastal Cottage

Summer is in full swing here on the Florida coast. I have been on a garden decorating binge. We started switching over to natural plantings last year and this year we are completing the transformation.

I found the perfect window boxes for plants over the weekend. I like being able to pull some of the color from the native flowers up to the windows with flower boxes. The best thing about using the native plants is that they don't need as much water as non natives. I had quit using window boxes for flowers because I had to water them twice a day to keep them alive in the heat and they still wilted. My little coastal cottage is going to be so pretty when I'm finished.