Fine Gardening's Container Gardening - Summer 2013

The unlimited possibilities of container gardening: Each issue of Container Gardening proves once again that there is no end to the creative ways containers can be used to beautify the landscape — whether it’s as small as a porch or as large as a park. There’s no end to the variety of plants that can be grown – flowers, foliage, edibles, even small trees and shrubs. And no end to the containers you can use – rustic barrels, handmade pots, antique urns, or "found" art.

Modular landscapes to table-top vignettes and everything in between: Container Gardening is bursting with inspiring ideas you can follow to the letter or use as a springboard for your own creations.

• Grow a season’s worth of vegetables in a large vintage wagon that’s intensely planted for maximum yield and offers all the advantages of a garden on wheels!
• Pots of all sizes planted with lush greenery or colorful flowers can do wonders in the landscape – use them to edge a patio, fill in a border, soften a hardscape, or mask an eyesore.
• Smaller planted containers can be grouped to create a still life on an outdoor table or deck and rearranged for a fresh new look. The options are endless.

Container gardening on the cheap: If you’re watching your pennies, and who isn’t, you’ll find dozens of fresh ideas for low-cost or no-cost containers and the plants to fill them. Salvaged and recycled containers – wooden boxes, enamel basins, and wine barrels – can become exciting mini-gardens, eye-catching accents you won’t find anywhere else. Learn which plants you need only buy once. Cuttings, divisions of perennials, self-sowers, and excess from the garden are all economical ways to fill containers. You’ll be amazed at the beauty and bounty these inexpensive plants bring to every corner of your yard.

Creative ideas galore: Container Gardening will bring out the artist in you and make your garden more beautiful than ever.