Growing Trees in Pots: The Art of Maintenance-Free Gardening

One of my best gardening tips is that many trees, shrubs and perennial plants can be grown in pots.  This is a trick I learned as a novice gardener from the great doyenne of gardening, Martha Stewart herself. I love this technique since, come spring, the patio planters do not need to be replanted.  They burst into bloom along with the rest of the garden.  They overwinter in their pots, right on the terrace, if in a weather resistant pot