Container Gardening
Category: Rawfood & Organics
My suggestions of the best 7 flowers to use in your container garden
You can grow these container Garden Plants yourself from seed, as I usually do (my next article will tell you how to do this and how to care for them as they grow) or you can buy them as young established plants from the garden centre, DIY store, market stall etc. Got that? Good! Now let me tell you about my favourite bedding plants to use in container garden, these are my favourite for a reason; easy to grow and care for, and quite showy.
Most of the flowers that I use for my containers are commonly known as bedding plants – in the broadest term most bedding plants are half-hardy annual (HHA). For a brief explanation; an ‘annual’ plant is one that grows from seed to flower and then (after producing its own seed) dies all within the same year, ie. ‘annual’. If the plant is ‘hardy’ then this means that it can withstand some difficult weather conditions (heavy rain, frost, etc) without any detrimental effect. If however the plant is ‘half-hardy’ then it can withstand the difficult weather mentioned but only once it is established, so seed germination and propagation of the young seedlings requires some protection from the weather, but once established they are fine. So ‘half-hardy annual is a plant that needs protection to germinate and for the seedlings to grow and produce good roots, it will then be fine outside with no protection and will continue to grow and produce flowers, but will produce seed and eventually die within the same year (often a year is known as a ‘season’ in gardening terms).
Lobelia. Small pretty flowers in shades of white, pinks, blues, and purples and a must for every container garden; wouldn’t be without a few varieties of lobelia, I use them every year. Very easy to grow from seed and care for. Both seed and young plants are reasonably priced and widely available. Lots of varieties; I recommend ‘string of pearls’ - wonderful small bushy plants in mixed shades, ‘crystal palace’ - deep violet/mauve and bushy growth, ‘Cambridge blue’ - another bush lobelia (the name says it all), for your hanging baskets try ‘cascade mixed’ - delightful trailing habit in mixed colours.
Alyssum. Another great little very easy flower for your container garden; I use alyssum ‘carpet of snow’ – wonderful little white scented flowers, and although they are meant to be bushy if you use them around the edge of your containers and hanging baskets they will trail over the edge – which is exactly how I use them for my container garden.
Impatiens. Often known as ‘busy lizzie’, lots of varieties available, all of which are easy to care for but sometimes the germination can be a little erratic, but only rarely and it often depends on the variety and method of propagation. In a good range of colours from white through pinks to reds and purples, there is also some bi-colour flower varieties around also. These beauties can very quickly produce a mass of delightful flowers with little help. My personal favourite container garden flower, but I do tend to purchase these as young plants rather than trying to grow the seed, not that it’s difficult to grow from seed but I have personally not had much luck that way (any advise would be most welcome, please email me). Either way I would feel rather upset if one year I had no Busy Lizzies in my containers.
Geranium. Bringing a warm Mediterranean feel to your container garden planting, these delightful plants (also known as ‘pelargonium‘), often with a dark underside to the large two-tone leafs, and big stems of flower balls in white, pinks and red in lots of varieties. Very easy to grow from seed and care for, and although the geranium is actually half-hardy perennial it is often treated as an annual. Another ‘wouldn’t be without’ to my collection. Plant just a single geranium in a good sized plant pot and use as a stand alone (centre of the patio table for example), or plant about 3 red ones in a container and surround them with ‘cineraria silver leaf’, beautiful sight!
Cineraria. Not exactly a flower but one I feel I must include here. The silver leaf of this stunning plant gives it it’s attraction. Another half-hardy perennial usually treated as annual, this plant can and often is used to great effect with red or blue flowered plants, or plants with dark foliage. Goes well with ‘salvia blaze of fire’.
Salvia. I always use ‘blaze of fire’ - wonderful scarlet flower spikes, but there are other gorgeous varieties available. I plant these in my container garden with ‘cineraria silver leaf’ to create a great contrast. Very easy to grow from seed and reasonably priced.
Dahlia. Another great and easy to grow half-hardy perennial often used as annual. Big single or double flowers with dark foliage, in every colour but blue. These I think are best used alone, by this I don’t mean singularly; I suggest a few or several in one tub with no other type of plants – dahlias are so showy they don’t need anything else. Even if started from seed these plants will produce a tuber (swollen root system) by the end of the season which can then be lifted and stored to use again the following spring. I recommend the many dwarf varieties for your container garden.
That concludes my suggestions for now. There are many other flowers and non-flowering plants available to use in your containers, but the above big 7 are my own personal favourites that I use every year, along with other plants that I vary from year to year.
If you would like more information or suggestions, or to reserve your copy of my new ebook ‘The Shoestring Garden’ coming soon, then please drop me an email, I look forward to hearing from you.
About the Author
Pete Etheridge
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Container Gardening $7.98 Used – Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. This title offers expert advice on hanging baskets, window boxes, patio pots and sink gardens. It also offers advice on compatibility of containers and plants such as bulbs, climbers and fruit and vegetables, and how to arrange them for maximum visual and olfactory impact. It includes advice on how to: repot flourishing or struggling plants for better growth; protect from fr |
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Container Gardening $3.62 Used – Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. This title offers expert advice on hanging baskets, window boxes, patio pots and sink gardens. It also offers advice on compatibility of containers and plants such as bulbs, climbers and fruit and vegetables, and how to arrange them for maximum visual and olfactory impact. It includes advice on how to: repot flourishing or struggling plants for better growth; protect from fr |
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Container Gardening $8.81 New – Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. This title offers expert advice on hanging baskets, window boxes, patio pots and sink gardens. It also offers advice on compatibility of containers and plants such as bulbs, climbers and fruit and vegetables, and how to arrange them for maximum visual and olfactory impact. It includes advice on how to: repot flourishing or struggling plants for better growth; protect from fro |
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Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden: Container Gardening $4 New – Alan Titchmarsh imparts a lifetime of expertise in these definitive guides for beginners and experienced gardeners. This title offers expert advice on hanging baskets, window boxes, patio pots and sink gardens. It also offers advice on compatibility of containers and plants such as bulbs, climbers and fruit and vegetables, and how to arrange them for maximum visual and olfactory impact. It includes advice on how to: repot flourishing or struggling plants for better growth; protect from fro |
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All about Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out $34.73 New – General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1963-09-27 Original Publisher: Doubleday Subjects: Miniature plants Gardens, Miniature Gardening / General Gardening / Container Gardening / Flowers / General Gardening / Garden Design Gardening / Japanese Gardens Gardening / Ornamental Plants Gardening / Techniques Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editio |
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All about Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out $23.39 Used – General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1963-09-27 Original Publisher: Doubleday Subjects: Miniature plants Gardens, Miniature Gardening / General Gardening / Container Gardening / Flowers / General Gardening / Garden Design Gardening / Japanese Gardens Gardening / Ornamental Plants Gardening / Techniques Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi |
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All about Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out $34.73 Used – General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1963-09-27 Original Publisher: Doubleday Subjects: Miniature plants Gardens, Miniature Gardening / General Gardening / Container Gardening / Flowers / General Gardening / Garden Design Gardening / Japanese Gardens Gardening / Ornamental Plants Gardening / Techniques Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi |
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All about Miniature Plants and Gardens, Indoors and Out $23.39 New – General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1963-09-27 Original Publisher: Doubleday Subjects: Miniature plants Gardens, Miniature Gardening / General Gardening / Container Gardening / Flowers / General Gardening / Garden Design Gardening / Japanese Gardens Gardening / Ornamental Plants Gardening / Techniques Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editio |
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All-In-One Garden: Grow Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs and Flowers in the Same Space $1.38 Think you can’t have it all? Well, you can, at least in the garden, because many common food-producing plants also offer beautiful foliage or flowers. By simply following these creative suggestions, even novice gardeners can transform large or small spaces into high-yield gardens bursting with delicious, organically grown fruits, vegetables, and spectacular flowers. More than 90 color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations are provided, along with expert design and plant care tips. The invaluable advice on selecting and buying plants, creating attractive beds and borders, working with rocky or difficult soil, container gardening, and maximizing food production will ensure multi-season beauty and bounty. |
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Balconies and Roof Gardens $12.16 Used – This volume, aimed at novices and more experienced gardeners alike, offers advice on small-space gardening, from creating a high-rise garden from scratch to improving an existing plot. It offers themed ideas for all climates and conditions ranging from an oriental-style retreat or a cottage-style to a classic garden. It also explains how to design a garden and how to maintain container and other plants, furniture and decorative features. |
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Balconies and Roof Gardens $1.33 Used – This volume, aimed at novices and more experienced gardeners alike, offers advice on small-space gardening, from creating a high-rise garden from scratch to improving an existing plot. It offers themed ideas for all climates and conditions ranging from an oriental-style retreat or a cottage-style to a classic garden. It also explains how to design a garden and how to maintain container and other plants, furniture and decorative features. |
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Balcony and Container Plants $3.5 New – Garden lovers who have limited growing space can still embellish their surroundings with attractive flowers and greeneryand this book shows them how. Plants that are especially suitable for growing in tubs, boxes, and hanging planters are profiled in alphabetical order and beautifully illustrated with full-color photos. This practical handbook provides gardening advice and information in three sections, each concentrating on a specific plant type: Balcony flowers Container plants Fruit |
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Balcony and Container Plants $6.63 New – Garden lovers who have limited growing space can still embellish their surroundings with attractive flowers and greeneryand this book shows them how. Plants that are especially suitable for growing in tubs, boxes, and hanging planters are profiled in alphabetical order and beautifully illustrated with full-color photos. This practical handbook provides gardening advice and information in three sections, each concentrating on a specific plant type: Balcony flowers Container plants Fruit |
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Basic Gardening: A Handbook for Beginning Gardeners $14.35 New – A sensible, accessible guide to the ABCs of gardening that includes pointers on diagnosing and improving soil conditions, fertilizing, pruning, transplanting, and container gardening. |
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Basic Gardening: A Handbook for Beginning Gardeners $6.53 New – A sensible, accessible guide to the ABCs of gardening that includes pointers on diagnosing and improving soil conditions, fertilizing, pruning, transplanting, and container gardening. |
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Best Bulbs for the Prairies $22.4 New – Filled with colour photographs and essential information for growing all types of bulbs suitable for the prairie garden, Best Bulbs for the Prairies is an excellent resource and an inspiration for gardeners of all interests and skill levels. Features details on bulb selection and planting, spring, summer, and fall-blooming bulbs, growth cycles, landscaping with bulbs, naturalizing, container gardening, fertilizing, charts, illustrations, and more. |
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Best Bulbs for the Prairies $27.95 New – Filled with colour photographs and essential information for growing all types of bulbs suitable for the prairie garden, Best Bulbs for the Prairies is an excellent resource and an inspiration for gardeners of all interests and skill levels. Features details on bulb selection and planting, spring, summer, and fall-blooming bulbs, growth cycles, landscaping with bulbs, naturalizing, container gardening, fertilizing, charts, illustrations, and more. |
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Better Homes & Gardens Vegetable, Fruit & Herb Gardening $1.97 Make your backyard a farmer’s market with Vegetable, Fruit, & Herb GardeningIf you want the freshest fruits, vegetables, and herbs around, why not grow them yourself? Home gardens are a great way to slash your grocery budget and eat great food throughout the year. Vegetable, Fruit, & Herb Gardening from Better Homes and Gardens is packed with simple step-by-step guidance on starting your own easy and affordable kitchen garden.The book includes explanatory diagrams, photographs and charts, and clear instructions that make planting, feeding, and harvesting your garden a breeze. This easy-to-follow guide covers it all-from container gardens, to large-scale garden projects, to a little herb garden on the balcony.Features more than 150 encyclopedia entries of vegetables, fruits, and herbs with step-by-step instructions on planting, growing, and harvestingIllustrated with more than 450 beautiful full-color photographs that offer helpful guidance and plenty of inspirationIncludes special sections on storing your harvested foods as well as tips on composting and helpful seasonality chartsOffers garden projects and planting plans with shopping lists for tools and plants.Whether you want to start a major new edible garden project or just add a little fresh produce to your pantry, Vegetable, Fruit, & Herb Gardeningis the easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide you need. |
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Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Book $1.2 Used – Focusing on the latest trends in water gardens, outdoor rooms, container gardens, regional gardening, and lot planning, this completely new edition is an update of one of the most beloved gardening references of all time. 1,000+ photos. |
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Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Book $5.09 Used – Focusing on the latest trends in water gardens, outdoor rooms, container gardens, regional gardening, and lot planning, this completely new edition is an update of one of the most beloved gardening references of all time. 1,000+ photos. |
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Bookshelves & Cabinets $3.49 New – First impressions do count. From the front curb to the front door, Entryways provides hundreds of idea-generating color photos that illustrate charming and practical yard solutions. This timely book combines design recommendations for outdoor structures like fences, gates, and benches with insightful gardening options, including planter boxes, container gardens, and unique flower bed treatments. Reference sections offer guidelines for purchasing materials as well as general how-to techniqu |
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Bookshelves & Cabinets $6.7 New – First impressions do count. From the front curb to the front door, Entryways provides hundreds of idea-generating color photos that illustrate charming and practical yard solutions. This timely book combines design recommendations for outdoor structures like fences, gates, and benches with insightful gardening options, including planter boxes, container gardens, and unique flower bed treatments. Reference sections offer guidelines for purchasing materials as well as general how-to techniqu |
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Bountiful Container: How to Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers $17.95 With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that’s grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide.Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook’s garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections. |
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Bulbs $6.75 New – Brighten a patio, walkway, or that special little niche with Container Gardening. It offers simple yet versatile ways to grow annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, cactus, fruit trees — you name it — in innovative containers of all types and sizes. Loaded with 150 color photos, guidelines for growing more than 200 container-appropriate plants, as well as tips for building raised beds and planter boxes, Container Gardening provides all the information and inspiration you’ll need to take |
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Bulbs $3.6 New – Brighten a patio, walkway, or that special little niche with Container Gardening. It offers simple yet versatile ways to grow annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, cactus, fruit trees — you name it — in innovative containers of all types and sizes. Loaded with 150 color photos, guidelines for growing more than 200 container-appropriate plants, as well as tips for building raised beds and planter boxes, Container Gardening provides all the information and inspiration you’ll need to take |
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Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill $1.99 The secret is out: cooler-zone gardeners are discovering that with a little wintertime TLC, plants that have long been considered “annuals” can thrive for many years. These plants — including geraniums, gladioli, dahlias, begonias, rosemary, lavender, and even impatiens — aren’t annuals at all. Rather, they are tender perennials. Not hardy enough to survive winter on their own, they can be moved indoors during the cold months, and then returned to the garden in spring. Many are even more beautiful in their second and third years!Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill by Alice McGowan and Brian McGowan, is the first comprehensive resource on the care and maintenance of tender plants. In this zone-defying guide, readers will find simple techniques for overwintering, followed by 160 detailed plant profiles. Profiles include individualized advice for overwintering and indoor care. The growing advice is clear and time tested; the authors themselves spent decades introducing and nurturing tender plants at the renowned Blue Meadow Farm Nursery in Montague, Massachusetts.From familiar snapdragons to the more exotic bush morning glory (a woody vine whose fragrant white blooms will cheer any indoor setting in late winter), tender perennials are appealing to a wide and diverse audience — perennial pros looking to expand their plant palettes, container gardeners hoping to create a more colorful indoor landscape during the cold months, and thrifty gardeners of all skill levels. Both inspirational and practical, Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill will revolutionize perennial gardening, allowing enthusiastic growers in any location to enjoy their favorite plants year after year. |
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Burpee Complete Flower Gardener $6.58 Used – From Burpee– the comprehensive, authoritative guide flower gardeners have been waiting for Organic gardening is preferred today, and this book is just what beginners and experienced gardeners need to dig in. It covers everything from creating flower gardens and borders to composting, container gardens, edible gardens, flower design, and more. The first section includes a wealth of general information on flowers and gardening, with detailed advice on growing flowers and solving common |
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Burpee Complete Flower Gardener $3.52 Used – From Burpee– the comprehensive, authoritative guide flower gardeners have been waiting for Organic gardening is preferred today, and this book is just what beginners and experienced gardeners need to dig in. It covers everything from creating flower gardens and borders to composting, container gardens, edible gardens, flower design, and more. The first section includes a wealth of general information on flowers and gardening, with detailed advice on growing flowers and solving common |
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Can’t Miss Container Gardening $4.81 New – Rushing covers the range of container gardening topics, including advantages, selecting containers, selecting plants, design techniques with planting instructions, and more. |
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Can’t Miss Container Gardening $4.74 New – Rushing covers the range of container gardening topics, including advantages, selecting containers, selecting plants, design techniques with planting instructions, and more. |
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Children’s Comp How $3.8 Used – A guide for the indoor gardener with information about light, water, food, mixing soil, recognizing plant problems, growing citrus fruits, miniature roses, herbs, container gardening, and much more. |
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Children’s Comp How $6.8 Used – A guide for the indoor gardener with information about light, water, food, mixing soil, recognizing plant problems, growing citrus fruits, miniature roses, herbs, container gardening, and much more. |
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Coastal Gardening $9.74 New – Many of us dream of living by the sea, but how to tackle the sometimes tricky planting conditions that coastal gardening demands? This inspirational and practical book explains how to design, plan and plant up your garden by the sea, making the most of the coastal microclimate. An exposed situation, extremes of weather, soil type and salty air can be difficult to deal with. Learn how to design and choose the right plants that will thrive, whether it is for a windswept, sheltered, container |
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Coastal Gardening $24.95 A seaside garden has special challenges: the combination of sun, salt air, and tricky soil can thwart even the most determined gardener. This practical guide shows exactly how to achieve success, from initial planning and design through full flowering and maintenance. It shows which plants and planting strategies work best for the coastal microclimate, and offers plenty of tips for windswept and very dry areas; proven advice for container gardening; and plans for a range of attractive, easy-to-maintain gardens, from manicured and elegant to lush and exotic. |
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Coastal Gardening $10.23 New – Many of us dream of living by the sea, but how to tackle the sometimes tricky planting conditions that coastal gardening demands? This inspirational and practical book explains how to design, plan and plant up your garden by the sea, making the most of the coastal microclimate. An exposed situation, extremes of weather, soil type and salty air can be difficult to deal with. Learn how to design and choose the right plants that will thrive, whether it is for a windswept, sheltered, container |
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Complete Book of Container Gardening $80.73 New |
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Complete Book of Container Gardening $169.65 New |
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Complete Book of Container Gardening $106.49 New |
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Complete Book of Container Gardening $127.78 New |
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Complete Flower Gardener (Burpee American Gardening Series) $34.95 Whether you want to start with a container flower garden to brighten a patio or create a landscape as lush as a Monet painting, this is the book for you. Burpee—The Complete Flower Gardener takes you from the ground up, with information on everything from choosing a site and preparing the soil to nourishing your flowers to full bloom and solving specific gardening problems. The authoritative yet unintimidating style of award-winning gardening writers Karan Davis Cutler and Barbara W. Ellis is perfect for beginners, while their in-depth knowledge makes this book invaluable to veteran flower gardeners. Following an environmentally responsible, organic approach to flower gardening, Burpee—TheComplete Flower Gardener shows you how to assess local growing conditions and your site, and how to plan, plant, and maintain your garden. It presents ideas for creating borders and beds; tips on combining flower colors, shapes, and textures; advice about caring for your garden; counsel on buying must-have gardening tools; guidelines for avoiding a chemically dependent garden; and more. It also untangles the scores of terms you need to know as you choose your seeds or plants at a local nursery or peruse the colorful pages of a seductive garden catalog. The encyclopedic Plant Portraits section provides thorough profiles of more than 175 herbaceous flowers—annuals, perennials, andbulbs—with directions for choosing cultivars, cultivating and propagating them, and combining them with other plants in the garden. Gorgeous color photographs accompany every entry.Whether used on its own or as the perfect companionto Burpee—The Complete Gardener and Burpee—The Complete Vegetable and Herb Gardener, thisbook has everything you could want or need to make your flower garden thrive. |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $2.39 Used – This is a simple, lavishly illustrated guide to container gardens of all shapes and sizes. You don’t need a big back yard to grow a beautiful garden. “Container Gardens” is a user-friendly, illustrated guide to everything you need to know about growing beautiful plants, including advice on choosing soils, selecting plants that work together, planting in containers, and caring for your garden. Each garden idea includes a ‘recipe’ and an ‘ingredients’ list that makes shopping and preparing |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $5.84 New – This is a simple, lavishly illustrated guide to container gardens of all shapes and sizes. You don’t need a big back yard to grow a beautiful garden. “Container Gardens” is a user-friendly, illustrated guide to everything you need to know about growing beautiful plants, including advice on choosing soils, selecting plants that work together, planting in containers, and caring for your garden. Each garden idea includes a ‘recipe’ and an ‘ingredients’ list that makes shopping and preparing a |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $1.1 Gardening in containers offers boundless possibilities for cleverly decorating small areas indoors and out. Plus, container gardening is a manageable and fun way for anyone to garden. This inspiring and beautiful step-by-step book on the fastest growing category in gardening is a comprehensive reference to what containers work best for what plants, seasonal planting schemes, simple planting techniques, and plant maintenance. With this book, anyone can explore the joys of gardening, whether they live in a rural setting or a city apartment. |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $2.4 This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide makes growing your dream garden as simple as 1-2-3. Beautifully illustrated, step-by-step “recipes” make planning your container garden a breeze, while “ingredient” lists take the hassle out of shopping. You’ll get all the information you need to create lavish arrangements—including how to choose the right soil and containers and how to care for your garden on a daily basis. Take the guesswork out of gardening with:More than 125 garden recipes with color photos and easy-to-follow plansOver 500 beautiful photos and illustrations, including inspirational garden photos, plant ID photos, how-to instructions, and step-by-step projectsBonus tips from the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Garden, helpful gardening advice, plant substitutions, and seasonal plant change-outsInventive decorative ideas, creative plant combinations, and essential information on pots, plants, and sites for your container gardenWhether you’re new to gardening or you’re a seasoned pro, this is the perfect guide for creating your own gorgeous container gardens at home. |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $5.84 Used – This is a simple, lavishly illustrated guide to container gardens of all shapes and sizes. You don’t need a big back yard to grow a beautiful garden. “Container Gardens” is a user-friendly, illustrated guide to everything you need to know about growing beautiful plants, including advice on choosing soils, selecting plants that work together, planting in containers, and caring for your garden. Each garden idea includes a ‘recipe’ and an ‘ingredients’ list that makes shopping and preparing |
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Complete Guide to Container Gardening $2.4 New – This is a simple, lavishly illustrated guide to container gardens of all shapes and sizes. You don’t need a big back yard to grow a beautiful garden. “Container Gardens” is a user-friendly, illustrated guide to everything you need to know about growing beautiful plants, including advice on choosing soils, selecting plants that work together, planting in containers, and caring for your garden. Each garden idea includes a ‘recipe’ and an ‘ingredients’ list that makes shopping and preparing a |
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Composting For Dummies $12.99 Back-to-basics gardening that will benefit the earth and your wallet! Want to use ordinary waste to create an extraordinary garden? Composting lets you turn household food waste, yard clippings, and more into free compost and mulch that’s chock-full of nutrients. From building and working with traditional compost bins to starting an indoor worm-composting operation, Composting For Dummies makes these often intimidating projects easy, fun, and accessible for anyone!Digging into compost basics — get a handle on the benefits of composting and the tools you’ll need to get startedChoosing the best method and location — find the best composting method and location that’s right for you, whether it’s above ground, in a hole, in a container or bin, or even right in your kitchen Building your pile — learn which ingredients can go into your compost pile, what stays out, and how to mix it all up in the right proportionsStepping beyond traditional composting — get the lowdown on vermicomposting (letting worms eat your garbage), growing green manures to compost later, and sheet composting in the same spot you plan to plantOpen the book and find:A step-by-step guide to compostingThe right gear and tools for the job Tips on constructing your own composting containers and binsMaterials you can safely compost (and those to avoid)Cover crops to improve your soil now and compost laterRecommendations for using your finished compostWhat worms contribute to your compostTroubleshooting advice if your compost pile isn’t cooperating Learn to:Turn household food waste, yard clippings, and more into nutrient-rich compostBuild and maintain your own compost binUse worms to aid in composting, both indoors and outGive your vegetable and |
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Composting For Dummies $7.14 Back-to-basics gardening that will benefit the earth and your wallet! Want to use ordinary waste to create an extraordinary garden? Composting lets you turn household food waste, yard clippings, and more into free compost and mulch that’s chock-full of nutrients. From building and working with traditional compost bins to starting an indoor worm-composting operation, Composting For Dummies makes these often intimidating projects easy, fun, and accessible for anyone!Digging into compost basics — get a handle on the benefits of composting and the tools you’ll need to get startedChoosing the best method and location — find the best composting method and location that’s right for you, whether it’s above ground, in a hole, in a container or bin, or even right in your kitchen Building your pile — learn which ingredients can go into your compost pile, what stays out, and how to mix it all up in the right proportionsStepping beyond traditional composting — get the lowdown on vermicomposting (letting worms eat your garbage), growing green manures to compost later, and sheet composting in the same spot you plan to plantOpen the book and find:A step-by-step guide to compostingThe right gear and tools for the job Tips on constructing your own composting containers and binsMaterials you can safely compost (and those to avoid)Cover crops to improve your soil now and compost laterRecommendations for using your finished compostWhat worms contribute to your compostTroubleshooting advice if your compost pile isn’t cooperating Learn to:Turn household food waste, yard clippings, and more into nutrient-rich compostBuild and maintain your own compost binUse worms to aid in composting, both indoors and outGive your vegetable and |
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Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens $7.77 New – Containers can come from anywhere and be anything as long as they have drainage: that’s Kerstin P. Ouellet’s message in this colorfully illustrated primer on container gardening. She includes not only the basics but some actual plans and diagrams for foolproof plant-mixing. |
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Contain Yourself: 101 Fresh Ideas for Fantastic Container Gardens $6.41 New – Containers can come from anywhere and be anything as long as they have drainage: that’s Kerstin P. Ouellet’s message in this colorfully illustrated primer on container gardening. She includes not only the basics but some actual plans and diagrams for foolproof plant-mixing. |
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Container Garden Idea Book: Entries, Seating Areas, Focal Points & Paths $19.95 Fine Gardening,Paperback,Series: Taunton Home Idea Books Series, English-language edition,Pub by Taunton Press, Incorporated |
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Container Gardener’s Bible: A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing in All Kinds of Containers, Conditions, and Locations $0.01 Gardeners love container plantings for the wonderful flexibility they provide. Without much effort, informal and formal container plantings can make a modern and stylish statement in every setting—shady backyards, sunny patios, exposed roof terraces, and as accents in beds and borders.Almost all plants grow easily in pots, and can accent a huge garden or nestle into a tiny space. Container gardens also offer the opportunity to bring fragile plants indoors to protect them from the winter freeze—as well as to start fresh again each season, allowing for continuous creativity and season-by-season décor. The Container Gardener’s Bible covers every step in the container gardening experience, from choosing and placing containers, combining plants for drama and beauty, and maintaining and caring for container plants to attracting birds, bees, butterflies, and wildlife. It also includes a comprehensive directory of flowers, shrubs, trees, bulbs, fruit, vegetables, and herbs best suited to container gardens, categorized by color, foliage, season, habit, and planting schedules. This guide is also full of “Go Green” sidebars with eco tips and techniques, as well as a bonus feature on containers to combat noise, atmospheric, and visual pollution. Beautifully packaged with more than 500 stunning photographs and design ideas, The Container Gardener’s Bible is an endless source of inspiration for beginning and experienced gardeners alike. |
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Container Gardening $0.62 Used |
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Container Gardening $73.31 New |
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Container Gardening $6.31 New – Offers a wealth of advice on creating brilliant color combinations in pots for indoors or out. |
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Container Gardening $14.24 Used |
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Container Gardening $2.98 New – A step-by-step guide to growing plants in pots, richly illustrated with photographs that show the process and the result. The book includes a directory of plants that can be successfully grown in containers and precise directions for design, planting, and maintenance. |
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Container Gardening $1.26 New – This is one of a series of handbooks on gardening which are packed with facts and useful tips. This book looks at container gardening. |
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Container Gardening $7.99 Used |
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Container Gardening $5.9 New |
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Container Gardening $0.63 Used – Taking a new approach to containers for “real gardeners,” “Container Gardening” features more imaginative plants than most books on the subject and looks at the latest designs and new materials for containers. Offering practical advice on planting and year-round maintenance, as well as looking at inspirational ideas for today’s more style-conscious gardener, the emphasis is always on the plants themselves with expert practical advice on how to grow and maintain them through the year. |
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Container Gardening $8.39 New – “Container Gardening” provides boundless, exciting opportunities for both novice and experienced gardeners. In this stunning book, Kathy Brown gives expert advice and shares her latest ideas on how to transform patios, walls, courtyards and doorsteps. In addition, step-by-step recipes guide the reader through the process of both planting and aftercare, either for short-term seasonal schemes or for longer-term projects. Reflecting Kathy’s flair for display techniques and her passion for col |
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Container Gardening $0.63 New |
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Container Gardening $0.99 Used – Illustrates all types of containers and plants, plus the special care needed to maintain them. |
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Container Gardening $8.01 New |
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Container Gardening $9.04 Used |
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Container Gardening $32.18 New – Offers a wealth of advice on creating brilliant color combinations in pots for indoors or out. |
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Container Gardening $12.16 New – “Container Gardening” provides boundless, exciting opportunities for both novice and experienced gardeners. In this stunning book, Kathy Brown gives expert advice and shares her latest ideas on how to transform patios, walls, courtyards and doorsteps. In addition, step-by-step recipes guide the reader through the process of both planting and aftercare, either for short-term seasonal schemes or for longer-term projects. Reflecting Kathy’s flair for display techniques and her passion for col |
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Container Gardening $24.51 New – Offers a wealth of advice on creating brilliant color combinations in pots for indoors or out. |
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