The Container Gardening Encyclopedia,9781571458421

The Container Gardening Encyclopedia

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ISBN13: 9781571458421
ISBN10: 1571458425
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-12-01
Publisher(s): Thunder Bay Pr
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Summary

Describes types of containers, basic care for plants, and suitable varieties of flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables.

Table of Contents

Part One 12(16)
Choosing Containers
Sue Phillips
Container options
Terracotta containers
Plastic containers
Wooden containers
Glazed pottery
Stoneware containers
Metal and wirework
Part Two 28(28)
Creative Containers
Jenny Hendy
Mike Lawrence
Sue Phillips
Making a simple wooden planter
Making a windowbox
Decorating planters and windowboxes
A windowbox bracket
Hanging up baskets and wall planters
Fixing to trellis panels
Renovating and adapting containers
A hypertufa container
Painting a plastic urn
Painting plastic pots with acrylic paint
Painting a variety of cement containers
Painting terracotta
Imaginative containers
Part Three 56(32)
Gardening in Containers
Sue Phillips
Potting mixes
Mixers and mulches
Watering techniques
An irrigation system
Feeding methods
Lining hanging baskets
Seasonal care
Rescuing a dried-out hanging basket
Desing with containers
Plants and containers
Bedding in containers
Perennials, grasses and rock plants
Shrubs in containers
Edible plants
Sunroom plants
Part Four 88(22)
Windowboxes
Jenny Hendy
Sue Phillips
Windowbox displays
Period windowboxes
Schemes and themes for windowboxes
Windowboxes with instant spring displays
Versatile windowboxes
A child's windowbox
Pink osteospermums in a green windowbox
A yellow windowbox
A red windowbox
Houseplants in a sheltered windowbox
Part Five 110(24)
Wall Planters
Jenny Hendy
Sue Phillips
Bedding plants in a plastic wall pot
Striking wall planters
Terracotta wall pots
Decorative terracotta wall planter displays
Wall pots in a Mediterranean style
Winter wall baskets for mild areas
Manger baskets
Wire wall planters
Romantic wall baskets for a sheltered spot
Wicker wall planters
Planting up character face wall pots
Part Six 134(34)
Hanging Baskets
Jenny Hendy
Sue Phillips
Wirework baskets
Lobelia in a wire basket
A ball of bloom
Metal buckets and silver baskets
Self-watering baskets
Themed displays
Elegant pastel displays
A basket of fuchsias
A fuchsia flower tower
Hanging baskets that thrive in a shady spot
Summer baskets
Summer plugs in a wire hanging basket
Late-season displays for a cottage garden
Neat winter baskets
Vivid winter displays
Eye-catching baskets for winter and spring
Part Seven 168(30)
Patio Pots
Sue Phillips
Pansies in simple pots
Heathers in containers
Bulbs with style
Grasses in containers
Plastic tubs of annuals
Patio roses
Terracotta pots in Mediterranean style
Instant cottage garden containers
Pots for a shady place
Festive winter tubs
Oriental-style pots
Alpines in terracotta
Giving damaged clay pots a new lease of life
Creative displays with broken clay pots
Part Eight 198(34)
Patio Displays
John Feltwell
Ann James
Sue Phillips
Bulbs in containers
Instant bulb displays
Planting up a sink with alpines
Alpines in tufa
Alpines in hypertufa
A climbing display of fragrant honeysuckle
Clematis in containers
Simple wicker baskets
A summer display in a blue wicker basket
Plastic cauldrons
An urn as a focal point
Terracotta troughs
Chimney pots and flue liners as containers
Evergreens for shade
Winter displays
The patio year
Part Nine 232(18)
Training and Topiary
Carol Gubler
Colin Lewis
Sue Phillips
Classic topiary shapes
Shapping box and bay
Trimming a conifer
Growing standards
Creating an ivy spiral
Basic bonsai techniques
Bonsai easy projects
A bonsai gallery
Part Ten 250(34)
Sunroom Containers
Sue Phillips
Wilma Rittershausen
Hot bright sunrooms
Shady sunrooms
Unheated sunrooms
Foliage plants
Flowering plants
Houseplant baskets
Trailing houseplants
Creative cacti displays
An indoor rainforest
Bromeliads
Airplants
Citrus fruits
Growing orchids in the sunroom
Potting orchids
Caring for orchids
The healthy sunroom
Part Eleven 284(16)
Container Water Features
Yvonne Rees
Sue Phillips
Bubble fountains
Marginals in a barrel
Creating a miniature water lily pond
A bog garden in a tub
Water plants in buckets
A water garden in a wooden barrel
Novel water features
Part Twelve 300(18)
Herbs in Containers
Sue Phillips
Yvonne Rees
Rosemary Titterington
Culinary herbs in a terracotta trough
Parsley, mint and bay
A basket of edible herbs
Edible herbs
A pot of scented herbs
Scented herbs
A medicinal herb pot
Medicinal herbs
Part Thirteen 318(18)
Fruit and Vegetables
Peter Blackburne-Maze
Sue Phillips
Strawberries in pots
Apples in containers
Other fruits in pots
Raising tomatoes in a growing bag
Tomatoes and French marigolds in a basket
Growing potatoes and broad beans in tubs
Growing eggplants, zucchini and peppers
Tasty salad crops in a wooden planter
Index Picture credits Acknowledgments 336

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