I am currently living in the city and want to put a few plants out on the patio. I am lacking a green thumb and have so far only managed to keep an ivy plant alive. Can anyone recommend some hardy plants that will handle the smog of the city? I'm wanting to practice my gardening now so that I will be able to handle it when my future husband and I move to the country.
Try the book "The Potted Herb" by Abbie Zabar. There are alot of herbs that you could grow..maybe tomatoes and peppers. I don't know much about smog though...never lived in a city. Herbs are tough though. It is always worth a try...good luck!
I have had success growing potted peppers and tomatoes. Peppers are especially disease resistant, and oh so yummy on a salad. They also have a great shelf life after being picked. They do not freeze easily, if you give them a light cover, unless it is a hard frost. And the plant looks pretty in a large pot. I would highly recommend peppers - just about any kind.
There is a book you might want to try, "The Bountiful Container" by Rosemary Nichols Mcgee. She is one of the owners of Nichols Garden Nursery in Oregon--the seed company where I order a lot of my vegetable seeds. She specializes in cooking as well as growing, and though I haven't read the book myself, I would think it has a lot of good stuff on growing vegetables and herbs in containers.
Apartment patio gardening
Posted - Mar 23 2005 : 07:57:12 AM
