Container Gardening Through the Year

by Malcolm Hillier

This is a season-by-season approach for the all-weather container gardener. The book gives a survey of the range of containers available and the plants best suited to container gardening, and catalogues planting projects for every conceivable type of container.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference

Paperback

First published March 15, 1995

Reviews

[Zia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Title should definitely have a "for flowers" tacked at the end. I do not think I would have purchased this book at all if it had specifically stated it was for flower gardening anywhere on the cover or in the introduction.

This book was mostly about creating a gardening aesthetic rather than creating a container garden itself. The information about containers to plant in gave no information about the actual benefits of how the container helps the plant thrive and more about whether it suited a particular vibe.

The images were beautiful and it definitely offers aesthetic inspiration but is not a practical beginners guide of any sort for those looking to begin a container garden.

[Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s fine but I wish it was more a practical guide and went beyond flowers and visual arrangements.

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures and great as visual inspiration. If you're brand new to container gardening though you're better off with Container Gardening for Dummies by Bill Marken. But this book is a terrific companion for the Dummies book.

[Ruric Amhari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Series of planting plans for containers presented by season: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Fabulous close up photos of containers and detailed planting plans.

Sections also on plant care and plant lists.

[Kris Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gifted this to myself for helping a friend with a massive library weeding project last week. It's a K-4 library. Hence the weed.

Inspirational!!! Better than Pinterest for gardening ideas and advice. I would read more by him.