Easy Container Gardens (Pamela Crawford's Container Gardening, Vol.2) (Paperback)

by Pamela Crawford (Author) "Skim this chapter before planting your first container..." (more)
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Product Description
Pamela Crawford has created a complete guide to simple container gardening designed for anyone who has ever killed a plant. It includes illustrated instructions to create gorgeous, fool-proof container gardens that even you can t kill! This book introduces blue ribbon plant combos that you plant in the spring and just add water for the entire growing season. That's right: no trimming, no fertilizing, and no spraying for up to seven months! Learn the 48 easiest plants and how to arrange them into 70 fabulous container recipes.

About the Author
Pamela Crawford, author of six gardening books, is one of the best known container garden experts in the country. In addition to writing three of her six books on the subject, her work has been featured on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens publications as well as in Southern Living, HGTV Magazine, and over fifty newspapers. As an expert in her field, she has appeared on the Fine Living Network, Fox News affiliates and numerous local TV shows. Pamela Crawford has a masters degree in landscape architecture and has designed over 1500 gardens

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Color Garden Publishing; 1st edition (February 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971222061
• ISBN-13: 978-0971222069
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best Container Garden Book on the Market, February 26, 2008

By	Marjorie VanderKruik (St. James City, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bravo Pamela Crawford, you have done it again by giving us yet another brilliant book on gardening. Easy Container Gardens is the step by step instructions of not only putting together a container garden, but also explains just how pick out the right plants for that perfect container. She not only covers the basics, like container (color, size and shape) but also covers pruning, fertilizing, watering, insects, troubleshooting, the lifespan we can expect from the garden, where and how to display the new garden and so much more.

With today's working Moms, container gardening is now the way to go, but getting headed in the right direction to have it work for you is another. Ms. Crawford has covered all the angles and made this task a simple, effortless and a fun thing to do.

There are many container gardening books on the market today (I know, because I probably have read every one of them) this one is "head and shoulder" over them all, with the exception of Ms. Crawford's Container Gardens for Florida which is an excellent reference book. With Easy Container Gardens tucked tightly under your arm, you are ready to head off to the local pottery store to shop for that ideal container. When that is accomplished it is off to the local nursery for the soil and plants. With all this in hand it is time to head home and start creating that dazzling container garden that you have been dreaming about. When people ask where you purchased the lovely container garden, you can say with pride, "it was nothing, I did it myself" and said with a big smile of accomplishment on your part and some help from Pamela Crawford's Easy Container Gardens book.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Visual walk through container gardens, March 12, 2008

By	S.W. "GA green thumb" (Gilmer County, GA) - See all my reviews

Living in Georgia and loving gardening and I am transitioning into container gardening !
"Easy Container Gardens" explain, educate and walk you through textures, colors, and color combinations of plants to recipes of success for containers. My reaction to the cover photo is "I can do that," showing complimentary plant blooms. There is a lengthy chapter on container basics. And another chapter on "Best Container Plants" sums up the Blue ribbon winners and container successes. The color photos are just beautiful and an inspiration to be creative with plants.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow, lots of photos, May 21, 2008

By	Golf Chick (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This book is great. When I use a garden book, I like photos and this one is loaded with them. It is also simple to follow and has great advice for new container gardeners or veterans. I adapted some of the ideas to a garden bed as well and they look great.