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Maintaining Your Window Box Plants During the Winter in London, UK

As the residents of UK, we are forced to enjoy & trouble with four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winder) along with severe weather conditions at times. We make snowman during winter & enjoy the moments, on the other hand, at some extreme low temperature we used to lock ourselves in home with heaters on. Even, we face high speed winds too. Winter season usually disturbs our transport often - tube lines are closed, partial services of tube-lines, no buses etc are results of it. Winter season is the most challenging season out of four. The changes of season entirely have impact on the UK environment – that does not let the plants away too. In UK capital London, people love to see their homes to be more beautiful (specially residents in the City of London) and put more efforts on decorating their home. Window boxes play vital role on decorating outdoor and improving external beauty of the home. But maintaining the beauty of window box plants and decorated window boxes is a big question during Winter. When it comes to maintaining window boxes, the winter season is more challenging. Due to the freezing weather and wind, greenish and colorful plants in the window boxes may not survive at all. It is very important to keep in mind  the seasons and weather conditions in London when selecting window box plants. There are plants which cannot survive through certain weather conditions. To have beautiful window box till next summer in London, it is advisable to select window box plants accordingly. Reports from the UK meteorological office and personal experience on microclimate of particular area are helpful handle this trouble. The difference between the temperature & humidity of one area (example : Holborn in the city of London) compared to the surrounding areas (example : Marylebone in the city of London or East Acton in West London) is called “MicroClimates”. Microclimates can be big as much as miles or few square feet. This is result of how particular area receives sunlight, wind, rainfall etc. While ground on one side of a building constantly receives sunlight the ground of the other side may always be covered with shadow of the building. When selecting window box plants, this should be considered. One of the best idea to protect window plants from the winter is to keep them in sun-rooms, green house etc rather than keeping the plants outside. During winter season, watering and applying heat source are helpful for the growth of plants. If the plants are placed in pots or within the window box itself, make sure to envelop the bottom to avoid freeze-soil. On top of these ideas to maintain your window box plants, to get further ideas, it is recommend to check out some window box service providers in the London city.