Grow Beautiful Plants in Pots and Containers
Guides to choosing plants that grow well in pots: flowers for sun and shade, vegetables, herbs and easy all-round choices for a first container garden.
8 guides published
Why potted basil turns tall and thin or collapses, and how to prevent it: warmth, sun, evenly moist mix, and pinching above a pair of leaves so the plant branches and stays bushy.
Nine cooking herbs that grow well in pots, sorted into the ones that like steady moisture and the Mediterranean ones that like it drier, so you know which can share a container.
Lettuce is one of the quickest edible crops for a pot or window box. Learn which types to sow, how to thin and harvest, and why heat is the main thing to plan around.
How to grow a tomato plant in a container: choosing a compact type, picking a pot that is big enough, planting deep with a support, and keeping moisture and feeding steady.
A realistic list of vegetables that grow well in pots, grouped from easiest to most demanding, with commonly suggested container sizes and how much sun each one wants.
Which flowers and foliage plants bring color to pots on a shaded porch or under trees, how to design a pot that shows up in dim light, and how watering and care change when the sun is scarce.
Ten widely sold flowers that suit sunny containers, with the growth habit, rough size and one thing to know about each, plus a table of deadheading needs and tips for buying healthy plants.
An overview of plants that grow well in pots, sorted into sun flowers, shade plants, herbs, vegetables and long-lived shrubs and grasses, with a short lesson on reading a plant tag.
