Hanging baskets and wall containers are unsurpassed in their potential to transform bare walls and dull corners of the garden, providing dazzling, ever-changing displays throughout the year. This beautifully illustrated book offers a bounty of ideas and guidance for creative plantings for every season. A Garden Book Club Selection and A Country Homes & Gardens Book Club Selection.
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Apartment and condominium dwellers look to container gardening as an increasingly popular option, but hanging baskets can also provide the perfect embellishment for front entrances and garden plans involving back porches, patios, or fences in need of pizzazz. Gardeners interested in vibrant rather than discreet plant combinations will appreciate the recommended colorful spring and summer planting themes with masses of blooms nestled in baskets lined with moss, coconut fiber, or unconventional materials like recycled felt. Basic how-to photographs illustrate Hendy's advice for creating seasonal displays, and an unusual project demonstrating a painted effect that produces an antique surface on earthenware. Her counsel covers general maintenance, dealing with pest problems, and what to do with baskets when on vacation. A final chapter identifies a brief list of recommended plants. Alice Joyce
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Growing plants in containers is one of the most versatile and pleasurable of all gardening practices, and because the displays are temporary, gardeners can experiment with plant arrangements and color schemes from season to season. Hanging Baskets is a marvelous source of ideas for planting combinations and color schemes to brighten even the dreariest walls and outdoor spaces. Exploring the vast palette of colors and textures now available to gardeners, it shows how to create baskets and containers of a rich variety of styles and materials. Detailed advice on the basics of creating hanging displays is followed by a guide to basic color combinations and 35 seasonal projects. A section on care explains what to do if a container display runs into trouble, and the book includes a detailed illustrated directory to the very best plants for the job. For those looking to enhance their home and garden using relatively simple and inexpensive gardening techniques, Hanging Baskets is a superb source of guidance and inspiration for lavish displays throughout the year. Jenny Hendy is the author of Quick and Easy Topiary and Green Sculpture, Zen in Your Garden, The Gardener’s Palette, and New Perennials.
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