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Houseplants: A Guide to Choosing and Caring for Indoor Plants
What's the best way to nurture your green thumb when you don't have a yard or space? Houseplants! Now available in a fun gift version, this is the guide to raising the best, healthiest, and happiest potted plants nature has ever seen.
When you want to raise plants but just don’t have the space, then it’s time to turn to houseplants! Offers complete information on the most popular varieties of houseplants along with details on maintenance, care and know-how so you can easily select the best plants for your lifestyle and space.
Join the millions of house-plant-loving enthusiasts in this no-yard-required hobby without the questions of which potting mix to try, what the right level of light you’ll need, or how to shift your plants as seasons change. Houseplants profiles more than 150 different plants, and gives you the best techniques to raise them to be happy, green, and healthy. And as you watch them grow, you can stimulate your inner botanist with the included information on each plant’s Latin family, varieties, bloom period, mature height, all illustrated in beautiful four-color photos.
When you want to raise plants but just don’t have the space, then it’s time to turn to houseplants! Offers complete information on the most popular varieties of houseplants along with details on maintenance, care and know-how so you can easily select the best plants for your lifestyle and space.
Join the millions of house-plant-loving enthusiasts in this no-yard-required hobby without the questions of which potting mix to try, what the right level of light you’ll need, or how to shift your plants as seasons change. Houseplants profiles more than 150 different plants, and gives you the best techniques to raise them to be happy, green, and healthy. And as you watch them grow, you can stimulate your inner botanist with the included information on each plant’s Latin family, varieties, bloom period, mature height, all illustrated in beautiful four-color photos.
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224 pages, Hardcover
Published October 29, 2019
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May 25, 2020
This information is great, but the layout of this book drove me crazy.
Text heavy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the pictures were small and often didn't include the entire plant. For example, if a plant description mentioned how the Caudex is the plant's major selling feature, the image might only show the flowers or the leaves.
The images were rarely labeled as well, I can understand this as each page was dedicated to specific plant, but when different cultivars are listed, as there almost always were, it is hard to figure out which one is pictured.
In addition, the plants were organized using subjective common names as opposed to Latin names, this impacted the reader's ability to find specific plants while flipping through the book.
Overall a good casual read for someome just getting into houseplants or is looking for potential suggestions. But for someone who is interested in looking through houseplants in the same family/etc. It is a bit frustrating to navigate.
Text heavy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the pictures were small and often didn't include the entire plant. For example, if a plant description mentioned how the Caudex is the plant's major selling feature, the image might only show the flowers or the leaves.
The images were rarely labeled as well, I can understand this as each page was dedicated to specific plant, but when different cultivars are listed, as there almost always were, it is hard to figure out which one is pictured.
In addition, the plants were organized using subjective common names as opposed to Latin names, this impacted the reader's ability to find specific plants while flipping through the book.
Overall a good casual read for someome just getting into houseplants or is looking for potential suggestions. But for someone who is interested in looking through houseplants in the same family/etc. It is a bit frustrating to navigate.
April 6, 2021
This book opens with general plant care tips and then launches into specific care information for quite a few varieties. Like many plant books, I find that the specific care information, the "plant profiles," aren't as thorough as I would like. This book presents basic information about the size/form of the plant, its light and water preferences, a description of its flower, and propagation tips. All of this information is very easy to google, and this book doesn't do anything interesting to stand out. It also makes the information really inaccessible by organizing plants by one of their common names. If you're unfamiliar with house plants, you will find the photos infuriating. They often focus on a few leaves, telling you nothing about the plant's overall form. Also, the digital version of this book is a hot mess--photos are cropped in weird places and pixelated in others.
February 28, 2020
This is a great little book if you are just starting out thinking about getting house plants. This contains over 150 different varieties of house planet and how to care for each one.
It tells you the best position in the house, how much light it need, how often you should water it, how big you can expect it to grow and how to propagation it. each one has a photo next to it making it easy to identify your plant.
Current I have no house plants but I am planning on getting some. I am so glad I received this book, so now I will know how to care for my plants properly.
4/5 stars
It tells you the best position in the house, how much light it need, how often you should water it, how big you can expect it to grow and how to propagation it. each one has a photo next to it making it easy to identify your plant.
Current I have no house plants but I am planning on getting some. I am so glad I received this book, so now I will know how to care for my plants properly.
4/5 stars
July 1, 2020
This is a great guide to choosing and caring for indoor plants, especially since I am a beginner to indoor plants. I learned some important information, especially in which windows are best for certain plants.
December 25, 2020
It's more of a plant dictionary than a book, but it's still a good book.
January 2, 2021
Great for anyone looking to become a plant owner. "New Plant Owner 101"
September 13, 2021
Very nice book with beautiful aesthetics 💕
June 14, 2021
I wanted a simple and well put together book on house plants. This book has just enough information to get through basic care, questions and more.
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