Containers in the Garden by Claus Dalby

by scriber
  1. Containers in the Garden by Claus Dalby
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  3. Forward;
  4. Will need lots of watering (container)
  5. My Containers
  6. Most of authors pots are made of clay
  7. For a pot there is always room for one more
  8. No expense for good soil
  9. Look at color/ chocolate color
  10. Composted cow manure (plants thrive)
  11. The author like planting a seed and watching it grow
  12. Planting inside it’s light vs. heat
  13. Ligh0 must match indoor temp.
  14. Plant between 68 and 72 degrees F
  15. Secret is to get plants the light they need to grow’
  16. Potting
  17. Make sure there are holes in the bottom of the pot
  18. Water and fertilizer
  19. Zinc and iron pot hold water a little better
  20. Water by hand, not automatic P. 21
  • Tulips need to be dead-headed
  • Hosta’s are great fore potted plants
  • Cut violets half way down after first flowering p. 50
  • Seek professional help for your garden p. 57
  • Moth plants can be propagated from seed p. 58
  • You want show stoppers
  • Silver stage
  • Diamond frost
  • Wire vine p.59
  • Play with Foliage
  • In pots you don’t have to worry about invasive species spreading p.60
  • Author like the plant love-lies-bleeding p.61
  • A Classic
  • Keep fertilizing well
  • Need sun all the time
  • Keep you plant sun-baked p. 82
  • Blue is Good
  • Violet
  • Lavender
  • Purple
  • Japanese sedge goes well with other lime-yellow foliage
  • Garden visitors are interested in he same thing (it appearance)
  • Delicious Lime
  • Could be a shrub
  • Pholx “summer star” P. 90
  • Grasses are part of the season
  • All Saints Day
  • Use an evergreen shrub
  • At the end of the year it’s all about arm chair gardening
  • This book makes the author happy.

Score:  Well written book, interesting, and learned some “stuff”.  The scribe will give this a low 3 smiley face rating.  I’m not that excited about container gardening.

Points of interest:

  1. Water by hand, not automatic P. 21
  2. Remove  one to 2/3’s of the soil with your fingers.   Transplanting helps nourish the root of the plant p. 23
  3. Citrus fruits should be watered with distilled water p. 36
  4. Best known dark tulip is “Queen of Night” p. 40
  5. here are no black tulips-they are all almost burgundy. P. 40
  6. Primroses appear in spring p. 43
  7. Seek professional help for your garden p. 57
  8. Moth plants can be propagated from seed p. 58
  9. Author like the plant love-lies-bleeding p.61
  10. “Green-Flutter” is a flower that lasts for only 1 day.  P. 76
  11. Clear Favorites p. 78  like “fixtures”
    1. Honewort                               
    1. Nasturtium
    1. Milkmaid
  12. Pholx “summer star” P. 90
  13. Trick is to stop the flowers from going to seed p. 95
  14. Shocking Pink adds character p. 97
  15. Creating a “intimate universe”. P. 101 (garden landscape)
  16. Putting together flowers is not all about color … it’s form. P. 130
  17. New plants are not all better from the old p. 135
  18. Calander does not put a limit on the lushness of a display p. 156

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