Tips for the best plants, the best pots—and the best odds for their survival.

Nothing says summer like a bowlful of juicy berries. Likewise, nothing says fragile like a fully ripe strawberry or a precious pint of raspberries from the grocery store or farmers’ market. Which is why many of us think berries are worth the precious ground they occupy all year for a few fleeting weeks of a delicious harvest. 

Good news—even if your beds are reserved for seasonal crops and your borders are filled with perennials, roses and other ornamental plantings, backyard berries can be grown in window boxes, hanging baskets and pots.

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GROW in The Seattle Times