Container Gardening for Dummies

by The National Gardening Association, Bill Marken, Suzanne DeJohn, et al.

Book Overview

"Packed with planting and design ideas that will transform even the humblest of pots into a flower festival." --Doug Jimerson, Editor in Chief, Garden Escape , www.garden.com "Who better to turn to for everything you need to know about container culture than a guy who has 'been there, done that' for a careerful of years?" --Joseph F. Williamson, Former Garden Editor and Managing Editor, Sunset Magazine While historical reports of container gardening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764550578
• ISBN13: 9780764550577
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A MUST-HAVE Book for Container Gardeners!

This must be the best reference book for container gardens that I've ever gotten my hands on . Full of facts, tips, hints, and it covers EVERY aspect of the subject, from seeds, to planting, to suggestions on what CAN be grown in containers, how to maintain proper soil conditions, common problems, pests, etc. I love this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in starting a container garden or trying to maintain one they currently have.

Container Gardening for Dummies

As someone with a "black thumb" (I can generally kill a plant within 24 hours!) I found this book to be very helpful. Even though there are huge amounts of real and applicable information here, the author manages to keep it fun and very readable. The best part is that since reading this book and putting it to use I haven't lost one plant! In fact, they seem to be thriving. The only reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is the layout. I feel more thought could have been put into the way the chapters are put together. Specifically, the fact that I had to skip past all the design ideas to get to the care information in the back. Even with this one minor flaw, I still highly recommend this book to anyone interested in starting their own container garden.

A Great Basic Starter Book

I found lots of very useful information from pot sizes and soil (and soil-less) mixes as well as useful info on lots of plants, needs, watering etc. As container gardening is quite different than planting in the ground, I found this book VERY useful and different from all the other normal gardening books. I am a beginner, but love to research stuff to death and I find this book does give you a very good foundation to get started and do well.

Very informative

I'm a beginner to gardening and found this to be a wonderful book. It even has a section on which conifers (Christmas-tree-type trees) can be grown in containers. This is great - I'm going to grow my own little forest on my balcony.

Very Helpful!

I originally checked this book out from the library, and after renewing three times and being told I couldn't renew it any more, I broke down and bought my own copy. It is VERY helpful in explaining the types of plants that do well in containers, and how to take care of them, how to deal with pests, how to "winter over," and so on. There is an entire section on what you can put plants in (be creative!), what the different types of soils are and what that means to you, and what plants do well in whichever type of light you have. I keep my copy of this book handy, and refer to it often. It's the single best reference book I've found on the subject of Container Gardening. Herb Gardening for Dummies is also good, but not QUITE as good as this one.