Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening: Soils, Plants, Care, and Sites

A guide to container gardening by Jim Wilson, horticulturist and former host of The Victory Garden . It covers: all types of containers available, including instructions for making lightweight hypertufa containers; maximizing plant growth and health with potting soils and soil-less mixtures; matching plants to containers; and creating landscape focal points. Wilson also provides an encyclopaedia of modern plants adapted to container growing, including low-growing, trailing, heat-resistant or cool-weather-loving plants, mounding, tall, and slim plants.