title: Container Gardening for All Seasons: Enjoy Year-Round Color with 101 Designs
author: Barbara Wise
description: <DIV>All you need for successful container gardening are plants, a container, potting mix, and a plan! Container gardening is the quickest and simplest way to achieve virtually instant results and enjoy plant color around your home and garden. And best of all, you can easily and inexpensively change out your containers each season to have an entire year of beautiful containers.&#160;</div><div>&#160;</div><div><i>Container Gardening for All Seasons </i>helps you get started by featuring:</div> <ul> <li>A detailed &ldquo;recipe&rdquo; for each container design, listing the specific ingredients you&rsquo;ll need to create that plant combination</li> <li>A full-color photo of each container recipe</li> <li>A &ldquo;plant-a-gram&rdquo; for each container combination to simplify the process</li> <li>Seasonal recommendations for year-round container gardening</li> <li>Sun and shade needs</li> </ul>
zlib_text: SPECIAL EDITION
  40 beautiful planting ideas for containers
  Pots of Style
  NEW DESIGNS FOR 2019
  From spring’s delicate early risers to the intense hues of late summer 
  
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  WELCOME 
  This special edition of Gardens 
  Illustrated is full of inspiring ideas  
  for beautiful containers that celebrate 
  the seasons. From spring’s delicate 
  early risers to the intense hues of  
  late summer, it includes plants  
  and planting combinations for 
  gardens of every size and style. 
  The containers have all been 
  created by expert head gardeners  
  and plantspeople, including Troy Scott Smith, Hannah  
  Gardner and Matthew Reese, and each idea includes plenty  
  of practical growing tips. 
  From table-top collections of alpines to meadow-inspired 
  troughs, a good combination relies on a good host. With this  
  in mind, also included is a useful guide to the most stylish 
  containers available, as well as advice on the best new planting kit. 
  I hope you enjoy this Gardens Illustrated special issue,
  LUCY BELLAMY, E