Introduction.

PART I: Container Plants: To Know Them Is to Grow Them.

Chapter 1: Neat Things to Do with Container Plants.

Chapter 2: Cultivating Your Little Corner of the World.

Chapter 3: Containing Your Excitement.

PART II: How to Plant.

Chapter 4: Soil Mixes.

Chapter 5: When Plant Meets Container.

PART III: The Plants.

Chapter 6: Annuals.

Chapter 7: Perennial Pleasures.

Chapter 8: Lighting Up Containers with Bulbs.

Chapter 9: Big Shots of the Garden: Shrubs and Trees.

Chapter 10: Vegetables and Herbs.

Chapter 11: Fruits and Berries.

Chapter 12: Cactus and Succulents.

Chapter 13: Indoor Container Gardening.

PART IV: Designing and Decorating.

Chapter 14: Matchmaking, Container-Style.

Chapter 15: 12 Tested Recipes forMixed Plantings.

PART V: Special Effects.

Chapter 16: Hanging Baskets.

Chapter 17: Containers with Extra Character.

PART VI: Maintenance.

Chapter 18: Thirst Quenching.

Chapter 19: Feeding.

Chapter 20: All the Other Chores.

Chapter 21: When Bad Things Happen: Pests and Diseases.

PART VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: More Than Ten Container Plants for Special Situations.

Chapter 23: Ten Container Plants for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

Chapter 24: Ten Handy Tools for Container Gardening.

Chapter 25: Almost Ten Words about Bonsai.

Appendix: Additional Resources.

Index.

Book Registration Information.