Houseplant Basics

Author : David Squire
Publisher : Bounty Books
ISBN 13 : 9780753709214
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houseplant Basics written by David Squire and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " From ferns to palms, bromeliads to cacti, Squire and Crowther clearly communicate the essential cultural requirements of a wide variety of foliage and flowering houseplants. Insider tips tell how to judge when water is required, and detailed illustrations show the best methods for repotting and propagating. Plant directories, organized by plant category and accompanied by full-color close-up photos, showcase more than 150 of the most popular varieties." "Booklist."

Author : David Squire
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1620082330
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houseplant Handbook written by David Squire and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your complete guide to caring for houseplants! User-friendly reference for every stage of indoor gardening, written by an expert horticulturist 400 color photos of a wide variety of plants, step-by-step sequences, troubleshooting advice, and more Achieve lasting success with flowering and fruiting plants, cacti, succulents, palms, cycads, bulbs, bromeliads, and ferns Step-by-step instructions for selection, watering, feeding, presentation, repotting, grooming, propagation, and pest control Comprehensive plant directory to more than 300 species with color identification photos, botanical and common names, and essential advice Houseplants bring life and color to any room. With the right care you can successfully cultivate anything from succulents and bonsai to foliage, flowers, and fruit! Houseplant Handbook contains everything you always wanted to know about houseplants, packed into one easy-to-use volume. Inside this book, horticulturist David Squire provides simple, step-by-step instructions on choosing the right plants and helping them thrive, with tips on propagation, repotting, grooming, and pest control. The heart of the book is a well-illustrated plant directory that offers a fresh perspective on more than 300 popular varieties, arranged by houseplant families. Each entry features a color photograph for identification; the plant's botanical and common names; its height, spread, optimum climate and light; and propagation tips. Handy quick reference icon panels provide each species' required summer and winter temperature, watering and fertilizing needs, and grooming tips. This user-friendly reference is rich in practical advice on every stage of indoor gardening. Grow a garden inside, with Houseplant Handbook! "The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants is everything that its name suggests. Chock full of basic and more advanced indoor gardening techniques; The Houseplant Handbook gives you everything you need to grow a healthy, prolific, eye-catching indoor garden." —Parade

Author : Darryl Cheng
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683353242
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Plant Parent written by Darryl Cheng and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of Instagram’s House Plant Journal mixes love with scientific logic in this beautifully photographed guide for indoor gardeners. For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant’s needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. With this book, indoor gardeners can be less a passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature. The New Plant Parent covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species. Cheng’s friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for over half a million indoor gardeners.

Author : Danae Horst
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 0358379946
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houseplants for All written by Danae Horst and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2020 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to selecting and growing plants for your home, including a plant profile quiz"--

Author : Larry Hodgson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0764551027
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houseplants For Dummies written by Larry Hodgson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-08-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking to bring some outside greenery indoors? Maybe you already have an indoor garden and are looking to create a botanical jungle. Whatever the case may be, houseplants are an ideal inexpensive way to beautify your dwelling. You’ll be rewarded with purer air and you’re sure to enjoy watching your plant sprout, climb, and even flower. Of course, before you start working on crafting a greenhouse, you need to know what kinds of plants you can grown in your home and which plants are best suited to your taste and style. Houseplants For Dummies introduces dozens of different foliage plants, flowering plants, cacti, and exotic varieties. Your green thumb is sure to get even greener once you’ve read about: Houseplant basics Identifying indoor microclimates Indoor plant “biographies” Differentiating between direct, indirect, and low light Watering needs Rules of fertilizing Temperature and growing cycles Houseplants For Dummies is packed with houseplant growing techniques, tips, tricks, and even goes the extra mile with a chapter devoted to the various ways you can display houseplants if you’re looking for some bragging rights! Whether you’re new to the world of houseplant basics or you’re a seasoned gardener, you’ll get the “inside dirt” on topics such as: Various potting soil mixes Preparing plants for indoor life Cleaning, pruning, and staking Propagating houseplants Dealing with pests and diseases Building your own controlled climate And much more The material is arranged into six clear and helpful sections: houseplant basics, houseplant profiles, growing essentials, potted plant maintenance, houseplant settings, and valuable ideas – each section helping you create your own indoor forest. Even if you’re convinced you have a black thumb, Houseplants For Dummies will have you living among the green in no time!

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Publisher : Gramercy
ISBN 13 : 9780517162811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Houseplants written by and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: The houseplant encyclopedia / Maggie Stuckey. 1993.

Author : Summer Rayne Oakes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525540288
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Make a Plant Love You written by Summer Rayne Oakes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as intentionally as if they were people. Everyone deserves to feel the inner peace that comes from taking care of greenery. Beyond the obvious benefits--beauty and cleaner air--there's a strong psychological benefit to nurturing plants as a path to mindfulness. They can reduce our stress level, lower our blood pressure, and improve our overall outlook. And they offer a rare opportunity to find joy by caring for another living being. When Summer Rayne Oakes moved to Brooklyn from the Pennsylvania countryside, she knew that bringing nature indoors was her only chance to stay sane. She found them by the side of the road, in long-forgotten window boxes, at farmers' markets, and in local garden shops. She found ways to shelve, hang, tuck, anchor, secure, and suspend them. She even installed a 150-foot expandable hose that connects to pipes under her kitchen sink, so she only has to spend about a half-hour a day tending to her plants--an activity that she describes as a "moving meditation." This is Summer's guidebook for cultivating an entirely new relationship with your plant children. Inside, you'll learn to: Pause for the flowers and greenery all around you, even the ones sprouting bravely between cracked pavement Trust that your apartment jungle offers you far more than pretty décor See the world from a plant's perspective, trading modern consumerism for sustainability Serve your chlorophyllic friends by learning to identify the right species for your home and to recreate their natural habitat (Bonus: your indoor garden won't die!) When we become plant parents, we also become better caretakers of ourselves, the people around us, and our planet. So, let's step inside the world of plants and discover how we can begin cultivating our own personal green space--in our homes, in our minds, and in our hearts.

Author : Leslie F. Halleck
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
ISBN 13 : 0760369577
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tiny Plants written by Leslie F. Halleck and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longing to nurture your houseplant addiction without cramping your space or style? If you can't squeeze another giant leafy friend onto your plant shelf, author Leslie Halleck is here to inform you that tiny is the new BIG! In Tiny Plants, you’ll discover a fascinating array of perfectly petite houseplants you can collect and grow—in a minimal amount of space. Yes, tiny plants are the ideal solution for plant keepers who don’t have much space, but even if you’ve got all the room in the world, their adorableness is reason alone to grow these mini wonders. These are the eternal puppies, kittens, and babies of the plant world—they never grow out of their cuteness because their genetics keep them itty-bitty for their entire lives. Beyond a few small succulents, most houseplant parents aren’t aware of the extensive array of tiny plants they can collect and display on windowsills, on tables and desks, and in terrariums. Prepare for cuteness overload with: Profiles of dozens of miniature houseplants, including aquatic, carnivorous, flowering, succulent, and tropical varieties Detailed growing information and tips for success A fascinating look at the botany of miniature houseplant varieties Advice on how to stylishly display your tiny plant collection How-to lessons on the basics of propagating mini houseplants to share with friends Details on the best tiny houseplants for terrarium growing From the sweet blooms of micro orchids and the soft, smooth texture of lithops, to the frog foot–shaped foliage of the creeping oak fig and the tiny orbs of the string-of-pearls, you'll fall in love with these little curiosities before you can say #plantnerd.

Author : Raffaele Di Lallo
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1682686760
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houseplant Warrior: 7 Keys to Unlocking the Mysteries of Houseplant Care written by Raffaele Di Lallo and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to grow a green thumb and become the confident plant parent you’ve always wanted to be! Engineer and plant parent for more than thirty years, Raffaele Di Lallo knows that the world of houseplants can be full of confusing myths and conflicting care advice. But, as a master problem solver, Di Lallo is here to teach you that your own two eyes are your best source for reconciling every plant problem. His surprisingly simple observational practices and an understanding of key habitat and care concepts will make any reader feel like a plant whisperer. From choosing the right plants for your home and perfecting light and humidity levels to mastering watering, potting, and propagation, Di Lallo demystifies every aspect of plant parenting. He provides handy case studies and advice for troubleshooting common mistakes, such as yellowing leaves and overwatering, that help readers develop their own problem-solving skills. Complete with profiles of favorite and lesser-known houseplants, this book is a veritable bible of houseplant care tips for all levels of green thumb.

Author : Valerie Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780762108909
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Houseplants written by Valerie Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will help the beginner start growing houseplants and the more experienced indoor gardener to progress by offering inspiration and explanations. A good understanding of how plants grow healthy and strong will help ensure that your houseplants achieve that goal."--Introduction.