Faux Boxwood, yes!
Do you ever read about something in a magazine (or anywhere for that matter) and have it stay with you? Me too. I’ve been thinking about this article in May’s Domino — where Stephen Shubel used fake boxwood in his back garden. I’ve been wanting to make our long narrow porch a bit more protected from the noise of the street and a bit cooler (the sun beats down on it and that means that while I love to plant my containers we don’t spend as much time out there as I would like. I was thinking that maybe I could fill planters with faux boxwood and alternated them between my real containers. And, as an added bonus it would give some year round greenery to the porch. Has anyone tried this sort of thing in containers? I’m all ears! PS, I found the image via great blog with a great name, Nest Maker.
I’m thinking something like the image on the bottom right, from a UK firm.
July 17th, 2008 12:21
how cute is the pig!! haha
August 25th, 2008 16:59
Here are some other outdoor artificial boxwood ideas http://www.commercialsilk.com/product-listing.asp?CID=23