Synopses & Reviews
Welcome to a whole new world of houseplants! The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual provides practical, hands-on advice for how to care for 160 beautiful houseplants, including many new selections that have become available in the last ten years.
Review
"Cursed with a brown thumb?…Barbara Pleasant has come to your rescue." Stephanie Bloyd, Mother Earth News, August-September 2006
Synopsis
It s a whole new world of houseplants, so make yourself at home in it If you love the idea of keeping houseplants, but struggle to care for them, you ll find solace and invaluable advice in this comprehensive guide from expert gardener Barbara Pleasant. Even experienced houseplant enthusiasts will benefit from Pleasant s expansive knowledge of indoor gardening, which includes personality profiles, growing needs, and troubleshooting tips for 160 blooming and foliage varieties. Create a greener world, one houseplant at a time.
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Synopsis
Welcome to a whole new world of houseplants! The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual provides practical, hands-on advice for how to care for 160 beautiful houseplants, including many new selections that have become available in the last ten years.
Synopsis
Discover Gardening in the Great Indoors
About the Author
Award-winning author Barbara Pleasant has written about tackling some of gardeners' worst nightmares: bugs, plant diseases, and weeds. Her books include The Gardener's Bug Book, The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases, The Gardener's Weed Book, and Garden Stone, 2003 winner of the Garden Writers Association's Garden Globe Award. A contributing editor to Mother Earth News and regional correspondent for Gardening How-To magazine, Barbara lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. Her website is barbarapleasant.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction
How Houseplants Earn Their Keep
Plant Identification Guide