The Houseplant Encyclopedia - Softcover

Jantra, Ingrid; Kruger, Ursula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554071402 ISBN 13: 9781554071401

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2006

Synopsis

Step by step to success with more than 1,000 indoor plant varieties.

This highly regarded encyclopedia contains all the expert advice the indoor gardener needs, from purchase and placement to controlling pests and diseases. Any indoor gardener can achieve success, even with exotic plants and rare varieties, by using this book.

At the book's core is a 250-page A-Z listing by botanical name of 1,000 houseplants for the home, from interior rooms to the balcony, patio, and sunroom. Each entry includes a full-color photo of the plant, a detailed description, and straightforward advice on placement, care, and propagation. Cleverly designed at-a-glance symbols indicate the plant's light, watering, and feeding needs.

Frequent boxed features and sidebars provide additional data about the particular care requirements of a wide range of plants. Hundreds of helpful hints and tips offer sound advice on getting the most from indoor plants. A tiny sampling of the many items discussed includes:

• The most common mistakes
• Watering during vacations
• When a plant gets too big
• Aromatic plants
• Pruning and training
• Why to avoid peat moss.

With an extensive glossary, a practical index, and a list of useful addresses for ordering plants and tools, The Houseplant Encyclopedia has something for everyone -- from the casual windowsill gardener to the expert horticulturist alike.

About this title

From the Publisher

The most complete book on indoor plants ever published. More than 1,000 species and varieties for the interior, balcony, patio and sunroom. This richly illustrated guide, with full color photographs throughout, introduces you to the care and propagation of plants. There are a multitude of ideas, tips and suggestions for the novice, and a complete reference for those well-acquainted with plants. The plants themselves include the most well-known and popular plants, to exotic flowers, modern hybrids and rare specimens. The extensive plant encyclopedia is central to the value of the book: its 250-odd pages describe more than 1,000 plants, alphabetically by their internationally recognized botanical names, and each is illustrated by at least one photograph. There is a description for every plant and a detailed care plan. In addition, the book provides care plans for less familiar species, new varieties that have not yet established themselves, "old" plants that are making a comeback, botanical rarities and curiosities, as well as useful plants from the tropics. Finally, an extensive list of sources for plants and tools helps the reader and researcher order by mail.

Sections include:

--Placement and purchase (location, terrariums, support, plants with special needs)

--Care and propagation (light levels, watering, special planting media, nutrients, repotting, pruning, overwintering, pests and diseases, cutting and seed propagation)

--Decorating with plants (furniture, containers, accessories, plant windows and mini-gardens, balcony plantings)

--The most beautiful plants A-Z (250 pages of solid information, in full color, including rarities)

--Addresses of reader services and suppliers.

--The House Plant Encyclopedia will be every plant lover's complete reference.

About the Author

Ingrid Jantra is a well-known gardening expert.

Ursula Krüger writes for many gardening and home magazines. She is the author of Let's Go Gardening!

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1554071402
• ISBN 13: 9781554071401
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384