Product Description

Covering an array of the most beautiful ornamental grasses, perennials, and annuals ever put in window boxes, baskets, pots, and urns, this full-colour guide provides basic container gardening designs as well as detailed information and suggestions for plant possibilities. Eighty plants are profiled with photographs and information on height, light requirements, frost hardiness zone, flowering time, habits, and characteristics. Diagrams and detailed instructions for re-creating 90 designs are complemented by information on container characteristics, care clues, and plant personalities. Attention is given to plants recently introduced to the market.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #628029 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.67 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 312 pages

From Booklist
Frustrated container gardeners, rejoice! Ouellet offers not just one, but one-hundred-and-one foolproof recipes for successfully creating stunning container gardens to rival any seen in nurseries or coveted on the neighbor's deck. From clay to concrete, stone to Styrofoam, no matter what sort of container, Ouellet demonstrates eye-catching displays for each medium. Logically delineating the precise procedures needed to assemble colorful designs, Ouellet takes the mystique out of mastering a horticultural art form many otherwise proficient gardeners find daunting. After covering the basic cultural requirements, Ouellet outlines 80 plant species both commonly and infrequently used in container creations. Each profile provides the pertinent factual data plus relevant descriptive information helpful for making informed choices. At the heart of the book are Ouellet's 101 detailed planting diagrams, which readers can reproduce as shown or use as inspiration for their own designs. With simple step-by-step instructions and thoughtful background rationale for design development, Ouellet makes it possible for even first-time container gardeners to create dazzling potted displays. Carol Haggas
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Review
"If you're a plant nut on the cutting edge... you'll hardly be able to contain yourself..." -- Seattle Post, June 5, 2003. "Photographs, a useful list of colorful plant choices, and planting plans..." -- Sunset magazine, August 2003. "Ouellet set about to create an 'indispensible resource in making your container garden dreams come true... (she) surely achieves (this)..." -- Garden Compass. "Brimming with brand new designs that go beyond the ordinary..." -- Pacific Coast Nurseryman & Garden Supply Dealer. "This will be great for consumers to follow the exact recipe and be thrilled to create their own ... container garden." -- Garden Center Merchandising & Management. "Plan your best flower pots ... with this book that contains dozens of container 'recipes.'" -- The Patriot News.

Seattle Post June 5, 2003
“If you’re a plant nut on the cutting edge . . . you’ll hardly be able to contain yourself.”