Anyone can have a container garden. It doesn’t matter if you’re in an apartment, unless you’re a developer or not. Accent vases in any space – kitchen, porch, window or your Florida room.
Here are some specialized books on different aspects of container gardening.
The bountiful gardener: Creating gardens of edible vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers
Written by two seasoned gardeners and writers, McGee and veteran garden writer Stuckey, The Bountiful Container covers not only 17 varieties of tomatoes and 19 varieties of peppers, but haricots verts, beans, Thumbelina sweet almonds, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap beans. .
Also included are herbs from basil to thyme, and from bay leaves, fennel to crocus. Edible flowers such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, roses. And perhaps most surprisingly, apples, apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs, even in the colder parts of the country. Don’t forget; You can have a less severe winter. themed garden (the garden of the Italian chef, the garden of the four seasons), lists of fountains and dozens of stars about everything, how to be a honey man seeds, which are All America Selections.
Reviewed by a customer at Barnes & Excellent and said “… it really is the “Bible” of the horticultural continent. Packed with tips and creative ideas, and facts about soil, pH, sun/water, soil depth, etc. for many plants.
Price:
B&N: Online Price: $16.15
Member Price: $14.53
Amazon: $12.21
The Perfect Garden Container by David Joyce
The Complete Garden is beautifully decorated with beautiful paintings. As nice as a coffee table book, it deals extensively with the gardener’s continent and lets your imagination run wild.
This book tells you how to paint your own pots, shape boxes, or shape stoneware. The book contains many diagrams that show you which plants to use, how to plant them and other necessary instructions. The back of the book contains a long list of plants suitable for container growing. Each item on the list is described in several paragraphs.
Illustrations and graphics will show you how plants can be combined with others for dramatic and beautiful effects.
According to Publisher’s Weekly, “British garden writer Joyce collects primarily floral gardens here, showing how to color together shady or sunny exposures and how to use plants with leaves in the first focus”. In this book, he also collects “soil selection and planting methods, the use of liners, hanging baskets, window boxes, pruning and propagation are considered, there are sections in rock containers and water gardens.”
Perhaps the only drawback I gathered was that it was heavy to pull out, and too heavy to smear in the mud.
Price:
Amazon: Used from $6.99
New from $21.00
Garden Ax containing Pamela Crawford
Pamela Crawford, author of six gardening books, is one of the best known container garden experts in the country. Featured on the cover of Home Improvement and garden publications as well as Southern Living, HGTV Magazine, and over fifty magazines. Pamela Crawford has a master’s degree in landscape architecture and has designed over 1,500 gardens.
This book is a complete guide to container gardening and includes illustrated examples for creating a gorgeous garden. This book introduces combos blue ribbon plant combos that you plant in a spring and just add water. growing up all the time. That’s right: don’t cut, don’t fertilize, and don’t spray for up to seven months! Learn 48 easy plants and how to arrange them in 70 fabulous containers.
Pamela has made container gardening efficient and fun in today’s hectic schedule.
Price: Amazon – $13.57
Gardens on the Continent: Creative Ideas from America’s Best Gardeners
America’s best gardeners share their secrets for designing beautiful container gardens. Gardening in containers is filled with clever and inspiring ideas.
Articles from Fine Gardening Magazine dealing with unique perspectives are summarized and illustrated in this book. Authoritative and insightful articles include Sydney Eddison, who has reviewed his book containing it.
Another note of the book, which by
Editor’s Review a
Library Journal, “…Lanza’s system allows gardens to grow in small spaces and containers using raised beds but no digging, to cultivate, or to buy.
It’s a must-have book for both beginners and experienced gardeners.
Price: Amazon: $12.21
A practical guide to the container garden by Steve Bradley and Susan Berry
Some valuable points from the back cover
The ultimate guide to adding beautiful, imaginative, and colorful additions to your yard, deck, patio, porch, sidewalk, windowsill, porch, or roof deck.
A valuable source of ideas with more than 400 gorgeous color images that inspire and teach.
Clear, simple and informative instructions for both first time and experienced gardeners
Specially commissioned photography by leading garden photographer Andrew Lawson
Comprehensive information on which types of containers are most suitable for which plants; planting season schemes; step-by-step planting techniques; care and support; and choosing the right plant
Comprehensive care, including feeding and watering, pruning, digging, propagation, and dealing with pests and diseases.
The A-Z directory has fully illustrated more than 100 species and varieties of plants, with detailed information on how to grow them.
Price:
Amazon: $13.57
Sources:
Amazon/Borders
Barnes & Noble
