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The Encyclopedia of Container Plants
The Encyclopedia of Container Plants: More than 500 Outstanding Choices for Gardeners | Ray Rogers
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Container gardening is ideally suited to todays lifestylesit provides the excitement, versatility, and variety of in-the-ground gardening to those with limited space, time, and resources. But in order to make the most of container gardening, aspiring gardenerswhether rank beginners or seasoned veteransneed to know precisely which plants perform best in containers; just as importantly, they need to know how to grow them well. Author Ray Rogers is the ideal guide to this world of colorful possibilities. An award-winning container gardener and horticulturist, he profiles more than 500 outstanding plants in 180 genera. Along with Rogerss engaging descriptions, the entries include each plants height and spread; light, moisture, temperature, and soil requirements; ease and rate of growth; principal interest and design attributes; potential problems; and best method of propagation. To this abundance of useful information, Rob Cardillos stunning photographs add a wealth of visual inspiration. Success with container gardening isnt always instantly achievedits easy to be seduced by brightly flowering plants at a nursery or garden center that turn out to be unsuited to the growing conditions provided for them, or that make poor companions for their pot-mates. Even a brief dip into this authoritative reference, however, is sure to yield a host of plants that will show just how spectacular a well-grownand carefully chosencontainer garden can be.
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3/5⭐ Lists plants; up to gardener to make design combinations. Entry text is oddly peppy.