# Flower box

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{{Short description|Planter or box container for flowers, plants}}
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thumb|Flower box attached to a garden railing
A '''flower box''' is a type of [container](/source/container_(flowers)) in the form of a planter or [box](/source/box) that is usually placed outdoors and used for displaying live plants and flowers, but it may also be used for growing herbs or other edible plants.

It is usually placed or affixed to an accessible location so the resident of a home may easily work with the plants in the container. A flower box may be installed under a window and supported in place by [bracket](/source/Bracket_(architecture))s on the wall below, in which case it may be called a [window box](/source/window_box). Flower boxes may also be used to line decks, patios, porches, steps, and sidewalks and they can even be hung from railings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rona.ca/content/building-flower-box--free-pdf-plan_pdf-plans_mini-projects_decoration |title=Mini-projects, decoration, Rona.ca. Retrieved 04.09.2018. |access-date=2010-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108184141/http://rona.ca/content/building-flower-box--free-pdf-plan_pdf-plans_mini-projects_decoration |archive-date=2011-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Wood, brick, metal, fiberglass and cellular [PVC](/source/PVC) can all be used in flower box construction, with wood being a classical material of choice. A typical wooden container will last 3–5 years before showing signs of rot.  With painting and maintenance, they can sometimes last 10–15 years.  Fiberglass has the advantage of being lightweight and insect proof. PVC is a plastic that is a rot proof alternative to wood, and is often used on homes to prevent rot or siding damage.

Sometimes, a box is placed inside a kitchen window in order to grow herbs or other supplies for a chef as an easily accessed miniature [kitchen garden](/source/kitchen_garden).

J. Linderski has argued that [Pliny](/source/Pliny_the_Elder) described flower boxes in his ''[Naturalis Historia](/source/Natural_History_(Pliny))'', at 19.59. However, Linderski could only find one other allusion to this practice in [Martial](/source/Martial) 11.18.<ref>J. Linderski, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215435 "Imago Hortorum": Pliny the Elder and the Gardens of the Urban Poor", ''Classical Philology''], '''96''' (2001), pp. 305-308</ref>

==See also==
* [Flowerpot](/source/Flowerpot)
* [Urban horticulture](/source/Urban_horticulture)
* [Container garden](/source/Container_garden)
* [List of gardening topics](/source/List_of_gardening_topics)
* [Window box](/source/Window_box)
* [Windowfarm](/source/Windowfarm)

==References==
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