DK LIVING - CONTAINER GARDENING THROUGH THE YEAR

The introduction surveys the full range of pots available, and sets down design guidelines for mixing pot and plant colours, textures and shapes. The heart of the book is an illustrated catalogue of planting projects for every type of container and every month of the year. Each page reveals a close-up colour photograph of a planting scheme, supported by practical tips on growing needs, plant quantities and pot size. Photo-essays explore how different garden locations, such as flights of steps or entrance porches, can be enhanced with container displays. Combined with the planting projects, these present a diversity of creative garden ideas that puts Malcom Hillier in a class of his own.