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The Potted Garden: New Plants and New Approaches for Container Gardens
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 21st-Century Gardening Series
"...a practical, readable, and comprehensive handbook that will
bring out the green thumb in anyone. What's exciting is the inclusion of lush
photos and fresh ideas for unusual plant selections and potting materials,
which will appeal to gardeners of varying levels of experience."
—Library Journal
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Potted Garden, by Scott D.
Appell
- Container Gardens
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- Unusual, Antique, and Collectable
Containers, by Scott D. Appell
- Building Window and Planter Boxes, by Bill Shank
- Formal Arrangements in Classic Containers, by Richard R.
Iversen
- Hanging Gardens, by Ellen Zachos
- Water Gardens in Small Containers, by Scott D. Appell
- Hardy Cacti and Succulent Gardens, by Ellen Zachos
- Alpine Adventures, by Abbie Zabar
- Unusual Plants for Pots
- Hardy Shrubs for Containers, by Gary R. Keim
- Drought-Resistant Plants for
Pots, by Ellen Zachos
- Unusual Herbs for Containers, by Scott D. Appell
- Miniature Vegetables for Container Gardens
- Container Gardening Tips
- Soil Mixtures, Potting Strategies, and Other
Considerations, by Gary R. Keim
- Overwintering Potted
Plants, by Shila Patel
- USDA Hardiness Zone Map
- Suppliers
- For More Information
- Contributors
- Index
