Authors:Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey,
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Keywords: container, herbs, fruits, edible, flowers, vegetables, create, amp, stuckey, bountiful, mcgee, gardens
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2002-02-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0761116230
ISBN-13: 9780761116233
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 c
Author: P. Allen Smith
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Keywords: container, accent, garden, recipes, gardens, smith, allen
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 1400053439
ISBN-13: 9781400053438
Just as stylish accessories bring a room to life, gorgeous planted containers are the finishing touch for every garden home. With this book, America’s favorite gardener, P. Allen Smith, shows how to create a beautiful container garden in a matter of minutes, in an innovative recipe-style format complete with ingredients lists, step-by-step planting instructions, and advice on how to effectively display these colorful accents. Beautiful and versatile, these container designs are the perfect solution for decks, porches, balconies, and gardens that need a focal point or a splash of color. Each
Author: Pamela Crawford
Publisher: Color Garden Publishing
Keywords: container, gardening, vol, crawford, pamela, gardens, easy
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2008-02-08
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0971222061
ISBN-13: 9780971222069
Pamela Crawford has created a complete guide to simple container gardening designed for anyone who has ever killed a plant. It includes illustrated instructions to create gorgeous, fool-proof container gardens that even you can t kill! This book introduces blue ribbon plant combos that you plant in the spring and just add water for the entire growing season. That’s right: no trimming, no fertilizing, and no spraying for up to seven months! Learn the 48 easiest plants and how to arrange them into 70 fabulous container recipes.
Author: Jure Kotnik
Publisher: Links Books
Keywords: architecture, container
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-11-25
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 8496969223
ISBN-13: 9788496969223
A sensible answer to many of our most challenging housing problems, container architecture is the hottest thing in building today. Easy to transport, environmentally friendly, reusable and recyclable, container buildings are the home of the future today. Container Architecture presents the findings of three years of research into container architecture, showcasing more than 140 top projects with detailed full-color photographs and full resource lists. Container Architecture can hardly contain all these great ideas and innovative solutions?get it now!
Author: Susan Berry
Publisher: New Holland
Keywords: topiary, container
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-04-07
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1845379721
ISBN-13: 9781845379728
Topiary, the art of shaping trees and shrubs into geometric designs, was once considered suitable only for formal gardens. No more! Container Topiary brings the technique thoroughly up to date with modern urban spaces in mind. Aimed at novice gardeners, it features over 16 projects—everything from simple box balls to fancy designs—as well as advice on cultivating, pruning, and training topiary in a variety of styles. With advice on displaying the final results and an illustrated comprehensive directory of plants, this stunning book is inspirational!
Author: David Joyce
Publisher: Readers Digest
Keywords: garden, container, complete
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1996-04-02
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0895778483
ISBN-13: 9780895778482
Equal parts gorgeous and practical, Reader’s Digest’s The Complete Container Garden provides clear and straightforward advice accompanied by brightly colored close-up photography. From spring bulbs to winter berries, the range of plants and containers is tremendous, and the how-to tips are invaluable. You’ll find techniques for training vines and topiary or planting strawberry jars, and generous coverage of basics like pruning, feeding, wintering, and deadheading. The author pays great attention to choosing plants. The ideas for unusual foliage plants are exceptional, ranging
Author: David Joyce
Publisher: Readers Digest
Keywords: garden, container, complete
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2003-02-24
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0762104228
ISBN-13: 9780762104222
Our perennial best-seller is filled with expert advice and innovative ideas for container gardens that are flexible, practical, pleasing, and portable. Filled with over 500 full-color photos, 30 arrangements and a directory with over 1,000 plants.
