"Native Gardens in Miniature" shows how container planting enables you to grow plants from all over Australia – from alpine daisies to tropical rainforest trees – whatever your local climate. Containers allow you to control conditions such as temperature, light, moisture and soil and are also the perfect answer if you are short of space.

Huge tubs, pipe sections, planter boxes, hanging baskets and hollow logs are just some of the containers suitable. Enjoy selecting and collecting them – or design and make your own, using simple-to-follow methods.

Everyone can grow container plants successfully provided some commonsense principles are followed. This book clearly sets out all the preparation and maintenance essentials, including soil mixes, pruning, repotting and watering. Comprehensive charts list appropriate plants and detail size, flowering times, container type and size, habit, foliage and fruit; while the 40 colour plates and fine black and white illustrations will inspire.

Bill Molyneux and Sue Forrester agree that “the principles that we have written about in "Native Gardens in Miniature" can be used to create beautiful cameos whatever style of plants you want to use, and from anywhere in the world. Good ground rules apply whether you are working with grevilleas or azaleas, Christmas Bells (Blandfordia spp) or daffodils.”

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