Container Gardening in Hawaii: How to Grow Paradise in a Pot Book

Do you envy your neighbors' potted plant gardens that thrive with almost no effort? Are there empty spaces in your yard where nothing ever seems to grow? Container Gardening in Hawai'i shows you how to turn your lanai into a tropical oasis, with hundreds of tips to create fantastic potted plant gardens in Hawai'i's varied climate and elevations. Discover how container gardens offer aboveground solutions to common problems in landscaping around Hawai'i homes, including soil-borne diseases, bare lava rock, and poor drainage.

Packed with step-by-step instructions and vibrant color photographs, Container Gardening in Hawai'i helps you cultivate beautiful, yearround gardens of tropical ornamentals, exotic flowers, herbs, and delicious edibles. See which native Hawaiian plants thrive in containers, and find out which palms, bamboo, and ti plants are best for small spaces.

You'll learn strategies for growing in hot, dry, windy, shady, and rainy conditions from mauka to makai, in all types of planters. Plus, you'll find environment-friendly methods and ideas to grow organically.

Scores of creative recommendations from Hawai'i's home gardeners and top horticulturists guide beginners and seasoned green thumbs through an assortment of fun and rewarding planting projects. Happy gardening!

About the Author

Janice Crowl is a freelance writer and a master gardener with the Hawai'i Island Master Gardener Association, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Cooperative Extension Service. She has a certificate in Landscape Horticulture from Merritt College in Oakland, California, and a bachelor of arts degree in English from UH Manoa. She has taught garden-based curricula topromote literacy, healthy nutrition, and environmental stewardship through school gardens and community gardens in Hawai'i and the San Francisco Bay Area. Photography and swimming are her favorite ways to escape having to pull weeds on weekends. She grew up on O'ahu and the Big Island and resides in Hilo.