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The essential guide to growing house plants.
From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the 70 best house plants to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each one. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardener's Guides, now available in paperback.
Are your house plants forlorn? Do they need more knowledgeable attention? With the help of experts from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plants are delicate and which indestructible, whether these are cacti, succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers, foliage, fragrance and even air-freshening powers.
Learn how to nurture your house plants and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and projects in this pretty guide to 70 of the best. Here you'll find plants for all tastes, all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all light levels and every skill set. Find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home.
This beautifully illustrated guide mixes authoritative plant profiles with exquisite botanical prints and12 step-by-step photographed projects that show how to create and display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Kew expert Kay Maguire goes back to the basics of choosing, potting, feeding and care, then looks further at pruning and propagating in order to make more plants.
This is the perfect book for new or experienced indoor gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen their air and cultivate a little bit of calm. It is filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy advice to help your plants thrive.
This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available: Growing Herbs, Growing Bulbs, Growing Fruit, Growing Orchids, Growing Vegetables, Growing Roses, Growing Trees, Growing Cacti and Succulents, Growing Perennials, Growing Shrubs, Growing Alpines.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO GROWING HOUSE PLANTS
PLANTS
Delta maidenhair fern, Urn plant, Black aeonium, Chinese evergreen
PROJECT 1: SEVERAL STEPS UP
Amazonian elephant's ear, Barbados aloe, Pineapple, Tail flower, Asparagus fern, Cast-iron plant, Bird's nest fern, Ponytail palm
PROJECT 2: MAKING A DECORATIVE SCREEN
Painted-leaf begonia, Old man cactus, String of hearts, Parlour palm, Spider plant, Natal lily, Jade plant, Sago palm, Dumb cane
PROJECT 3: A SHALLOW BOWL FOR SUCCULENTS
Venus fly trap, Dragon tree, Cape sundew, Golden cane palm
PROJECT 4: CARNIVOROUS VASE
Moulded-wax succulent, Golden barrel cactus, Hedgehog cactus, Fishbone cactus
PROJECT 5: DESERT ISLANDS
Devil's ivy, Candelabra plant, Fiddle-leaf fig, Mosaic plant, Fairy elephants' feet, Cape jasmine, Peacock plant, Scarlet star
PROJECT 6: HANGING GARDENS
Zebra cactus, Bellmore sentry palm, Wax flower, Polka dot plant, Jasmine, Flower-dust plant, String of pearls, Living stones, Pincushion cactus, Prayer plant
PROJECT 7: WINDOWSILL PROPAGATION
Rose grape, Swiss cheese plant, Blushing bromeliad, Monkey cups, Boston fern, Bunny-ears cactus, False shamrock
PROJECT 8: PICTURE PERFECT
Moonstone, Geranium, Button fern, Radiator plant
PROJECT 9: SIMPLE KOKEDAMA
Heart leaf, Missionary plant, Staghorn fern, Cretan brake fern
PROJECT 10: MINIATURE RAINFOREST
Bamboo palm, Mistletoe cactus, African violet, Snake plant
PROJECT 11: NATURAL AIR FRESHENERS
North American pitcher plant, Dwarf umbrella tree, Christmas cactus, Donkey's tail, Peace lily, Stephanotis
PROJECT 12: DRIFTWOOD ANCHOR
Cape primrose, Air plant, Silver-inch plant, Spineless yucca, Fern arum
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