Kahle trees. Slumbering plants. Bitter -cold weather. It is definitely winter on the balcony. If theHolidays overAnd the lights and balls are stowed away until next year, the balcony is a winter challenge. Without the festive decoration, it can be uncomfortable out there. Fortunately, you can create an inviting, winter mood with the right decoration. How can you make your balcony from boring to Instagram worthy? Take a look at the best ways to design your balcony for the winter.
Attractive balcony planting in winter
Balcony plants are not only suitable for spring and summer. You are tooin autumn and winterAn excellent way to beautify the balcony and make it more comfortable. To effectively stage the plants, select suitable buckets. Since they are available in different sizes and styles, there is the perfect vessel for each balcony. But don't be afraid to combine them. The buckets with similar colors or the same material ensure a uniform look that makes the winter balcony design look very harmonious.
Evergreen conifers as balcony plants
Create an inviting winter balcony by with some large bucketsevergreen treesset up. The Stechpalme, the boxwood, the spruce, the juniper and the Chamaecyparis (also known as a sham cypress) are ideal for the winter balcony.
Rattan, terracotta, wood and jute create a harmonious overall picture
From autumn, garden centers usually have a selection of smaller evergreen specimens that are perfect for buckets. However, there are some reservations: if yoursevergreen plantsHead on the balcony, you should make sure that the buckets have drainage holes and are frost -proof.
The buckets can be packed with jute
In addition, the plant roots in containers are not as well insulated against the cold as in the ground. So protect them from frost damage by selecting shrubs that are hardy two zones under their winter hardness zone. For example, if you live in Zone 7, choose copies that are up to zone 5 hardy.
You should free evergreen from snow
Evergreen trees can break apart under heavy snow. That is why it is advisable to shake the plants vigorously or to turn them off with a broom to free them from the snow.
Winter on the balcony: adorn flower boxes wintry
If you have flower boxes on the balcony, you can decorate them in winter with evergreen branches, collected branches, pine cones, dried hydrangea flowers and other plants with interesting structures and colors. Silver-colored decorative branches, for example, are a real eye-catcher.
More color in the flower boxes
Would you like a little more color in the balcony boxes? Then set accents with red berry branches and oranges clementines! To do this, also select a plant, the branches of which hang nicely from the flower box. You can find out how you can decorate your flower boxes wintersIn this article.
Plants flower traffic lights
Don't pack the flower lights just because winter has come. Fill them with evergreen branches and pine cones to put a simple but effective color accent on the balcony. You can find simple instructions on how to arrange a wintry pine arrangement in flower traffic lightsIn this article.
White heather, dwarf conifer and Christian rose are ideally fit together
Decorate the balcony railing with fir green
For a pretty decoration on the balcony in winter, wrap the garlands around the railing and add sparkling fairy lights. A classic fir wreath on the balcony wall completely makes this winter decoration.
The pine garlands can be wonderfully combined with fairy lights
To do this, also add a pretty winter wreath of fir green and wood
Sitting on the balcony in winter: fur ceilings create a feeling of cosiness
For cool hours on the balcony there are blankets that you can snuggle into. They not only ensure warm feet, they are also an extraordinary decorative element. It would also be practical to have a storage box so that you can keep editions and ceilings protected in bad weather.
Place cuddly gray fellimity on your balcony chairs
Luminaires and candles bring mood to the balcony in winter
Heat a cold night with the warm glow of lanterns with LED candles. There are lanterns for the outdoor area in a variety of materials and colors, and many are pretreated to defy snow and cold. It is best to choose candles and fairy lights with a timer function so that you can only set them once and then forget them.
Flower boxes can be equipped with solar light chains
Even if the sunlight is scarce at this time of year, where the trees have thrown off their leaves, a lot of light can now fall into a well -positioned solar module. The sun can even be enough to operate a number of lights draped in the balcony boxes. Solar lanterns, which are available in a variety of styles, are another way to bring light to your winter balcony.
Combine different light sources
Lights also look very pretty in glasses
Winter balcony decoration entirely in white
If you should assign a color every month, then white would be perfect for January! It arouses associations with snowy landscapes and forests and looks wonderfully light and puristic.
White decorations and warm light create a cozy atmosphere
Decoration ideas in black and white
For a modern ambience with Scandi feeling, you can rely on the classic black and white look. The combination radiates a certain calm and timeless elegance.
White Christmas roses come into their own in a black flower box
