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Contain Yourself: Perfect Plants for Small Spaces

Garden designer P. Allen Smith shares his formula for container gardens--it's as simple as 1, 2, 3.

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Slip some plants into a container and what do you have? An instant garden that's an easy weekend project. With just a few pretty plants, a bag of soil, and a container, the front stoop comes alive with splashes of color and fragrance that can last all season long.

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