Product Description
No longer a technique just for apartment dwellers or novice gardeners, the use of ornamental containers on decks, patios, terraces, and in the garden itself can save time, space, and money, while offering experienced home gardeners unique creative challenges, site flexibility, and experimental fun. Author and award-winning horticulturist Ray Rogers takes you on an engaging exploration into basic design principles as well as how to create focal points, use water, exp… More >>
Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting
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#1 by L. B. Taylor on May 14, 2010 - 11:24 am
If you have limited space or just want some new ideas on container gardening you’ll appreciate this book. Clear, colorful pictures along with plant names including the Latin (yeah!) should give you plenty of inspiration. Mr. Rogers includes basic design elements: color, space and texture. In addition, the importance of creating a focal point and bringing it all together as well as the pros and cons are examined.
Whether it is annuals or perennials, succulants or tropicals, bulbs or climbers; you’ll find something for everyone. Who would have thought burro’s tail sedum could look so nice? What about giving thanks for baskets with liners or old wheelbarrows with holes? You’ll learn to look at things with a different light. I now enjoy complimenting colors especially various shades of greens, something I would have ignored ten years ago. For me, learning about texture was a big plus that I have often underestimated.
At over 200 pages the only thing not included is incorporating fruits and vegetables but there are other great books on those themes. Written for all gardeners no matter where you live, you should be able to adapt many of Roger’s ideas. Look closely for interesting containers using silver spheres, concrete blocks and bamboo canes. Just make sure that you have a good source of pots of many shapes and sizes before you read this book: you’ll want to start immediately.
My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view. ~H. Fred Dale
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Ruth A. Toole on May 14, 2010 - 2:00 pm
The book, Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting, by Ray Rogers, is an excellent, informative book with beautiful pictures of arrangements of pots. We just had a new patio put in behind our house and I’m anxious for spring to start potting up beautiful plants to decorate the patio. The book is also well written and easy to understand and visualize. I recommend it highly – but be ready to spend lots of money on pots!!
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by John Montgomery on May 14, 2010 - 3:18 pm
lovely book with lots of interesting information and ideas,might have to use some different plants to suit the north coast of ireland.I look forward to putting some of the ideas into practice in spring 2008.
Many thanks,
john montgomery.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by peg marson on May 14, 2010 - 5:15 pm
Yet another really fine book from Timber Press. I’ll spend long, dark winter evenings wandering through these pages, absorbing the wisdom of the writers and generating ideas for next spring. Gorgeous photographs, too.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Dr Craig of NoLimitGardening.com on May 14, 2010 - 8:02 pm
If you’ve ever wondered how to choose colors of flowers and plants for eye-catching arrangements of containers on your patio, balcony or garden this book is for you. Rogers shows you how to make colorful arrangements without having to hire a professional designer.
Rogers makes you think through the process of container gardening before you start for the most impact. His coverage of using spot color to accent home features and smart use of space is well done.
Rogers understands gardeners may have to work with space or time limitations and he addresses those concerns realistically. This is a great reference with many beautiful color photos you can copy for your own home.
Rating: 5 / 5