This photo-driven guide to container gardens of all kinds. Comes complete with "recipes" and "ingredient lists" that readers can use as a handy shopping list. The easy-to-follow reference format is filled with helpful advice on choosing potting soils, selecting plants that work together, tips on planting the container, and caring for the garden--everything readers need to know to recreate these beautiful gardens at home.

 

• More than 125 container recipes, each complete with a color photo, planting plan, tips on growing, and a shopping list.
• Over 500 beautiful photos and illustrations, including garden photos, plant ID photos, how-to photos, and step-by-step projects.
• Includes great container garden decorating ideas and can-do plant combinations, ideas for hanging baskets, and edible garden plans and helpful hints.
• Each recipe chapter begins with beautiful inspirational photos and essential information about pots, plants, and sites for container gardens.
• Many recipes include detailed step-by-step projects that show-and-tell in depth how to achieve what is shown, such as a window box butterfly garden and a container with seasonal plant change-outs.
• Hard-working captions provide readers wtih specific plant names and useful information.
• Bonus tips from the Better Homes & Gardens Test Garden, basic gardening advice, plant substitutions for different situations, and garden design insights.