The Container Expert (Expert Series) - Softcover

Hessayon, D.G.

 
9780903505437: The Container Expert (Expert Series)

Synopsis

The Container Expert is one of the books in the Expert series written by the world’s best-selling gardening author.
 
Containers are a basic part of the gardening scene, from the windowsills of small apartments to the terraces of millionaire mansions. In this book there are container suggestions for all types of situations - you will find tyres and troughs, hanging baskets and mini-ponds, flower pots and tubs, urns and bowls.
 
The bewildering range of containers is matched by the variety of plants which can be grown - alpines, annuals, trees and shrubs, fruits and vegetables, bulbs and roses … so many types of container, so many different types of plants, how do you choose and how do you produce a great display?
 
That is the job of this book - in the drawings, photographs and no-nonsense Expert-style information you will find all the answers.

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About the Author

Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement 'Oscar' at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as 'Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s'. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

From the Back Cover

This really is the Expert for everyone - from window sills to country estates, everyone has room for a container or two. No other section of gardening is growing so fast. The Container Expert reveals all the secrets for successful container gardening.

* Everything from types of containers to suitable plants. * Chapters on arranging containers, caring for them and container troubles.

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