Today is an other winter day stuck in the office….As I look outside the Ohio landscape is particularly dreary and grey today.  This week the sun has made an appearance a total of about 4 minutes….  Ah spring can not get here soon enough.  So for about the last half an hour I decide to get lost in some pictures form this past summer.  I came upon a picture of a simple / modern window box that caught my eye as I was wondering around the majestic streets of Bruges in Belgium.  Two plants Festuca glauce – the silvery blue grass and Oxalis ‘Burgundy Bliss’ the burgundy trailer with yellow flowers .  After looking at the combo for a minute there are couple design qualities I like about it.  First, the texture- the fine blades of the Festuca and the ovate foliage and flowers are great companions.  Second, the complementary colors, thought they are not a perfect match the color go great together.  Lastly, this window box is low maintenance!  In an average summer in the Midwest if you water this combo twice a week that would be more that enough to thrive.  I do not imagine when this home owner planted their window box they would think it would be the subject of blog post- but I do believe that there is beauty through simplicity and this is a prime example to me.