Successful Houseplants, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets, Pots & Containers, The Illustrated Practical Guide to: A practical guide

Description

This practical book shows how easy it is to cultivate beautiful containers and transform a small patio area, a window, or a corner of your home. The first part of the book is a guide to container gardening and the second part provides information on caring for over 80 varied houseplants. There are themed ideas for beautiful containers, including displays based on colour, scent or the seasons. There is useful guidance on how to choose plants that are in top condition and to keep them pest and disease-free. An A-Z of common plant names and a plant guide concludes the content. With over 2200 photographs and illustrations here is everything you need to garden in pots.

Stephanie Donaldson is the author of many gardening and craft books. She has worked at a specialist alpine nursery, ran the vegetable garden on an organic farm and then managed a large formal garden. Peter McHoy is a well-known author and journalist who has written many gardening reference books. Though now retired he still contributes regular gardening features for a number of magazines, and ran a horticultural photographic library.