Indoor Plants: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Caring for Houseplants - Hardcover

Clarke, Graham; Courtier, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0785829202 ISBN 13: 9780785829201

Publisher: Chartwell Books, 2012

Synopsis

Houseplants are back in vogue and this book is the perfect re-introduction. Expert advice on how to decorate with plants is followed by an exhaustive directory of 170 common species as well as a further 130 more unusual varieties. Fully illustrated throughout with color drawings and photography, Indoor Plants helps you select the most striking plants for any interior and has everything you need to know to keep them healthy and display your plants impressively.

This book will help readers learn how to cope with plant pests and diseass, and expert tips on what to look for when buying indoor plants and ways to group plants to create striking effects. This book has everything you need to know about choosing and caring for houseplants in different parts of the home. An alphabetical charts featuring at-a-glance information on each plant's needs and preferred conditions, and the directories in this book feature more than 300 indoor plants.

Plants are living ornaments that grow and develop, undergoing subtle changes through the seasons and presenting an ever-varying display. A thriving plant is a source of pride to its owner, and it imparts a feeling of well-being to any room.  

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From the Back Cover

* Everything you need to know about choosing and caring for houseplants * Extensive plant directories featuring more than 300 indoor plants * Tips from the experts on what to look for when buying indoor plants * Alphabetical charts featuring at-a-glance information on each plant's needs and preferred conditions * How to cope with plant pests and diseases * Choosing the right plants for specific places in the home * Ways to group plants to create striking effects in all rooms of the house * Fully illustrated throughout with color drawings and photographs

From Library Journal

This well-designed introduction to houseplants by garden writer Courtier and horticulturist Clarke begins with a brief section on decorating with plants followed by the book's strength?a plant directory of 170 common houseplants plus a secondary list of 130 more unusual plants. Arranged by scientific name, entries list common name, plant requirements, growing techniques, propagation methods, and recommended related plants. Most entries contain a beautiful color photograph of the plant. The final section offers clear explanations, with illustrations, of light, humidity, temperature, watering, feeding, repotting, training, propagation, and pests and diseases. A few errors such as conflicting information on watering bromeliads and reversed identification of thrip and vine weevil pictures are minor problems. While similar in style and content to other available houseplants books, this is an attractive, informative choice for libraries needing an additional book about houseplants and their care.?Sue O'Brien, Downers Grove P.L., Ill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Chartwell Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0785829202
• ISBN 13: 9780785829201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240