Overview
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.
Synopsis
Now in paper: a plant guide with 1150 color photographs and illustrations introduces the care and propagation of 1000 houseplants in a A-Z plant guide. Includes sidebars and tips on getting the most from indoor plants.
Chicago Sun-Times - Mary Cameron Frey
If you or someone you know really enjoys gardening indoors, you must have this book.
Editorials
Minneapolis Star Tribune -
Useful and thorough... my favorite part of the book recommended plants to complement particular furnishing styles.Lancaster New Era -
The [houseplant book] I use the most.Michigan Gardener
This reference book has something for everyone -- from the casual windowsill gardener to the expert.Globe and Mail -
Inspiration and advice on how to adorn a home with foliage... The encyclopedia's 1,000 illustrated entries provide a profusion of choices, complete with important geographical information on plant species.Seattle Times -
Use this manual to choose wisely; it also helps with trouble-shooting and care advice. Whether you want to coax a Christmas cactus to bloom, winter pelargoniums inside or just keep your jade plant healthy, this book should be on your reference shelf.Kitchener-Waterloo Record -
A reference of 1,000 illustrated entries. Information on each plant includes optimal heat, light and humidity... a comprehensive book.Edmonton Sun -
Easy to navigate and obviously well thought out... excellent photographs take the guesswork out.King Features Syndicate -
If you like houseplants, it is an absolute given that you are going to love and cherish this engaging new book by two experts in the field... sane and practical advice.National Garden Clubs
Handsomely illustrated... comprehensive reference... The section on general houseplant care is particularly enlightening, full of valuable tips for the indoor gardener.Calgary Sun -
This wonderfully detailed book will provide enough information and winter projects to keep even the most avid of gardeners busy, happy and surrounded in greenery.Science News
This step-by-step guide to more than 1,000 houseplants is intended to make the task easier... goes beyond basic upkeep.London Free Press -
Here is a book every indoor gardener should have handy. It is unexcelled in its thoroughness and expert advise, both written and illustrative, as well as in its exquisite photography and the range of topics it covers.I Can Garden.com
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.... The Houseplant Encyclopedia has something for everyone -- from the casual windowsill gardener to the expert horticulturist alike...a very good houseplant resource to have.Agnes Palazzetti
It has an A to Z listing of 1,000 houseplants with full color photos; information on how to tackle pests and diseases for each plant along with a detailed description, advice on placement, care and propagation as well as advice on light, watering and feeding needs.— The Buffalo News, December 17, 1999
Mary Cameron Frey
If you or someone you know really enjoys gardening indoors, you must have this book.—Chicago Sun-Times