With a patio, porch, or windowsill, gardeners can grow almost anything anywhere using containers. Arrangements in this guide begin simply, with one type of plant in a decorative container. The projects move on to combinations of two plants, then on to more complex pots involving three or more plants—some of the arrangements are even meant to go from container to garden plot. Design principles including color, texture, height, and depth are considered, and ideas for themed containers are included for holidays and other festive occasions. Species range from the tried-and-true garden varieties, such as impatiens and petunias, to newer plants on the market, such as a striking red ornamental millet. The planter plans include detailed photographs, diagrams, and instructions on getting the very best results from container gardening, for lasting natural beauty in any space.
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Sue Amatangelo is a master gardener who has won the Illinois Outstanding Master Gardener Award. She is the national retail accounts manager at Ball Horticultural Co., horticulture superintendent of the Kane County Fair in St. Charles, Illinois, and is a board member for Garden Centers of America. She lives St. Charles, Illinois.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A thinly-veiled marketing tool for Ball Horticultural plants,
By Lisa "lisa m" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absolutely Beautiful Containers: The ABCs of Creative Container Gardens (Hardcover)
Don't be fooled--this book is a marketing ploy for Ball Horticultural trademarked plants, from the glowing overview of Ball in the Acknowledgements to the Ball varieties listed in the Index. The author is National Retail Accounts Manager for Ball. All the container recipes use ONLY Ball varieties, over and over. The author subtly encourages you to search from garden center to garden center until you find the exact variety (i.e. Ball variety) you're looking for. And for this hardcover advertisement of Ball plants, they want us to pay $24.95 retail! To be fair, there are some inspiring container gardens in the book. And, to be fair, you could substitute other brands of plants for the Ball plants listed, but the total number of different plants used in the container recipes is limited.
If you want to see dozens and dozens of beautiful container recipes for FREE, go to the Proven Winners Website. Yes, the recipes are advertisements for their own varieties, but at least they're free!
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I took a garden class at a our local community college and this book was part of the private library of our instructor who is particular about the books she purchases in her library. I was so impressed with the book that I purchased it for my own library. This book contains 200 examples of container gardens and their "recipes" for how to do them. The color pictures as well as the details of the "ABC'S of container gardening are,in my opinion, wonderful. I have already used these ideas for my own container gardening and plan to give container garden gifts to others. It is a practical and very useful book that I will enjoy for many years to come! If you have an interest in container gardening or would like to give someone a nice hostess or new home gift - I would recommend that you consider this book as part of your library.
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Great Book,
By CatsX2 (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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I recently took a class on container gardening & the instructor passed around this book. I ordered the book as soon as I returned home from the class. I have planted four containers using this book as a guide & so far, so good. The pictures are wonderful. The guide for each container is easy to follow. The author gives plenty of tips and advice on how to get started at the beginning of the book. I would recommend this book for anymore looking for assistance with container gardening.
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