The climate here in California offers unique challenges to successful container gardening. This book is packed with easy solutions and exciting ideas for creating and maintaining containers for your garden space. Filled with recommended plants and designs ranging from traditional to cutting edge, it will stir your imagination to be bold and brave. This inspiring book features:* Suggestions for selecting containers and plants * Design tips for color, texture, scale and shape * Height, spread and hardiness of each plant * How to plant and care for container plants * Guidelines for overwintering container plants * Tips for contending with water restrictions * Problems and pests.Container gardening offers an exciting opportunity to have a wide variety of plants in dazzling combinations. This book provides common-sense tips and all the references you need for making container gardening easy and fun.