More Window Boxes in Charleston!

What's a trip to Savannah without a quick jaunt to Charleston? Our excuse this time to check out the Heirloom Book Company, located at the memorable address of 123 King Street, a store devoted to cookbooks both old and new. Yes, ma'am, forget fiction, surely we're not the only ones who curl up with a good cookbook?

Stylishly spare in decor with food photography on the walls and bits of kitchenalia interspersed between the latest culinary tomes and vintage cheeky titles like, "Saucepans and the Single Girl". The subtitle is even better, "The cookbook with all the ingredients for taking that light-hearted leap from filing cabinet to flambe".

And what's a trip to Charleston without a run down Meeting Street and then a foray into the alleys and lanes for some serious window box gawking. By now they're lush and overflowing from all the sunshine and rain. Here are some new ones and a couple re-visits, after a few trips you cotton on to who plants the best ones. Enjoy...

Just coleus and begonias, but how lovely

Coleus, dragonwing begonia, torenia, impatiens, fern and Spanish moss

Green and white, always a winner, caladium, petunias, penta and licorice.

Mandevilla climbs the shutters on this signature home, note the little pig.

Red and yellow dominate these window boxes with matching urns, sedum and sword fern supply texture to croton, coleus and geraniums.

My how these have grown, almost touching the sidewalk now.

Flanking the Japanese maple, with colorful foliage and a few blooms.

This courtyard is what they call a jewel-box garden, so many points of interest but never busy. More color than the usual southern garden which relies on evergreen structure in the hot climate.

Longitude Lane where it narrows, see the woogedy cobblestones I endure for the most popular photos on the blog!

White blossoms against black shutters, so fresh even in the heat.

These were mere sprigs on my last visit in February.

If you missed my other window box tours, be sure to check out Spring Inspiration, Latest Window Boxes from Charleston and Window Boxes of Charleston: Doable Anywhere.