The Contained Garden: The Complete Guide to Growing Outdoor Plants in Pots

by Kenneth A. Beckett, David Carr, David Stevens

Surveys the various types of containers for plants and explains how to grow flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruits and other plants in pots

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

168 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

After some twenty years' experience of practical horticulture and two years at the RHS gardens at Wisley, England, where he gained the RHS diploma, Kenneth Beckett turned from spadework to writing.
He worked first on the Gardener's Chronicle and then became a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. He has written hundreds of articles for gardening magazines, edited the Hardy Plant Society's Bulletin, edits the International Dendrological Society's Year Book, and is a member of the RHS Scientific committee. His many books - some written in collaboration with his wife - including Love of Gardening. Gardening is his main hobby, and he and his wife have a one-acre garden in Norfolk that boasts over 2,000 different plants. He has made many trips abroad to study plants in the wild and is particularly interested in the flora of Australia and New Zealand.

Reviews

[Ruric Amhari]

Sections on choosing containers, looking after plants, designing with plants and containers and plants suitable for containers.

Lots of line drawings and illustrations supported with some photos.

[Lilly Mary]

If only I lived in Europe...

[Kim]

Good reference for growing plants in pots of various sizes. Yeah, it's British, but applicable to US gardens too.