It’s also a very small and portable hardback, not like their other, really large books you may be familiar with. Follow the survival tips outlined in this book and you’ll be on your way to having your home brimming with green life. If you're horticulturally challenged and can't keep a house plant alive to save your life, then this book is for you! Veronica Peerless' How Not to Kill Your Houseplant is the ultimate guide to growing plants indoors, featuring helpful growing tips for 119 houseplants. You’ll know how much light to give them, how much heat and humidity they need, how often to water them, and even where to put them.

And if you’re enjoying an ongoing conversation with your plants — rotating them, wiping down their leaves, checking their soil, etc.Bought initially as a bit of a joke for my mum who manages to kill even supposedly unkillable houseplants, but I actually think she will find it very useful. Really detailed and thorough book, with detailed tips on how to make sure every type of houseplant survives!

To prevent this problem all you have to do is learn what amount of light your houseplant needs to do well. Provide the right amount of light, All plants need light to survive, but not all plants require the same amount of light. How Not to Kill Your Houseplant is aimed towards newbies, but it also included tricks that were new to me, such as how to save an overwatered plant by wrapping its soil in newspaper. This new edition of Propagating Plants contains hundreds of step-by-step tutorials making it your go-to guide for clear and instructive propagation advice.Check out the tag to see how much sunlight and water they need and plan accordingly for the type of care that’s required. If you wonder what the crispy bits at the leaf edges are, why the stalks are looking spindly, or why your plant looks brown even though you've watered it, How Not to Kill Your Houseplant will explain - and fix - your horticultural woes. The Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) or African Violet (Saint Paulia) live well in a warm atmosphere out of direct sunlight – and do best watered sparingly. If you have a room with limited natural light, consider investing in a grow light to provide your plants with the light they need.

Learn the basics of horticulture, from watering your plant to what kind of soil it should be placed in to how much light it needs every day to if a certain type of plant will thrive in your living space. An excellent and informative book, but what really impressed me was the sheer volume of content packed into what appears a fairly small book. With over 50 different types of popular houseplants, this book summarizes what type of care your plants do (or don't) need. Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener or looking for gardening tips, this is the complete guide on how to keep your garden in great condition year-round. I said this aloud while reading the first 22 pages of this adorable, illustrated encyclopedia-ish plant book.Assign your most sun-loving plants to your most generous windows, and don’t be afraid to relocate them from time to time to keep them nourished and happy. For a lengthier explanation of what material pot is best, check out this post by The Micro Gardener.

In the meantime, this article, featuring the 7 most popular ways to end your houseplants (and how not to do it) is dedicated to the plant slayers of the world. Because if you do, then you’re going to end up killing these plants over and over again, and you’re going to consider yourself a ‘bad plant person,’ or someone who has a ‘brown thumb. And the right margin has pictures of 1 or 2 plants with very similar care, which therefore don’t need their own full-page explanation (for example: kentia palm, parlor palm and butterfly palm are all in the same page).

Horticulturist Tovah Martin recommends that plant newbies consider starting out with a class of plants that she terms “indestructibles” — plants like the spider plant, the ZZ plant, and yes, the dracaena. The year was 2015, and I was head over heels, completely obsessed with House of Hackney’s Palmeral wallpaper. The first part is a general overview of houseplant care; and the rest is a breakdown of specific houseplants and their needs, including what might be wrong and how to fix it.