DK Living: Container Gardening Through the Year

Malcolm Hillier - Author

£9.99

An exciting practical series packed with information and innovative ideas

Introduction

Malcolm Hillier draws on his immense creative energy to present a dazzling array of design ideas that prove container displays can be exciting and invaluable sources of garden colour in every season.

The highly practical introduction surveys the full range of pots available, and sets down design guidelines for mixing pot and plant colours, textures and shapes. The heart of the book is a lavishly illustrated catalogue of planting projects for every type of container and every month of the year. Each page reveals a close-up colour photograph of a planting scheme, supported by practical tips on growing needs, plant quantities and pot size.

Photo-essays explore how different garden locations, such as flights of steps or entrance porches, can be enhanced with container displays. Combined with the planting projects, these present a diversity of creative garden ideas that puts Malcom Hillier in a class of his own.

Representing outstanding value for money, this stylish and contemporary series has been specially created for everyone with a busy lifestyle. Highly practical and inspiring, the DK Living series embraces every aspect of a wide range of popular topics, from gardening and cookery to beauty and sports.

• Packed with great ideas, easy-to-achieve designs and useful practical tips, Container Gardening Through the Year is an indispensable guide to creating displays for every season of the year.
• Malcolm Hillier presents more than 60 original planting projects, each supported by advice on how to grow the featured plants successfully.
• All the techniques are explained in systematic, easy-to-follow stages.
• Features exceptionally detailed instructions and clear, step-by-step photography.
• Comprehensive coverage of the subject.

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Table of contents

Foreword
Introduction
Choosing the Right Container
Choosing the Right Plants
Planting for Colour
Planting for Proportion and Shape
Planting for Texture
Suiting Arrangements to Location
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Plant Care
Preparing Containers
Shrub Planting
Window Box Planting
Hanging Basket Planting
Staking and Training
Plant Maintenance
Replanting
Plant List
Index
Acknowledgments

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