Gardening
How not to kill your houseplant: survival tips for the horticulturally challenged
Veronica Peerless
635.965 /Peerless
Gardening
Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance. Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular houseplants, How Not to Kill Your Houseplant summarizes what type of care your plants do (or don't) need. Be on the lookout for warning signs of a sick plant, from brown spots to crispy leaves, and make sure you take the proper action to rescue your plant. 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. Find out how to keep a cactus alive, where to hang air plants, and how to repot succulents. Full of helpful tips, pictures, and informational panels, How Not to Kill Your Houseplant will turn your home into a beautiful greenhouse of healthy, happy plants.
Houseplants : the complete guide to choosing, growing, and caring for indoor plants
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
635.965 /Steinkopf
Gardening
What's the best way to nurture your green thumb when you don't have a yard or space? Houseplants! This is your guide to raising the best, healthiest, and happiest potted plants nature has ever seen. When you want to raise plants but just don’t have the space, then it’s time to turn to houseplants! Houseplants is the definitive guide to the millions of varieties that houseplants come in, and the different levels of maintenance, care and know-how they all require. Now is your chance to dive into this pleasant, no-yard-required hobby without the questions of which potting mix to try, what the right level of light you’ll need, or how to shift your plants as seasons change. Houseplants profiles more than 150 different plants, and gives you the best techniques to raise them to be happy, green, and healthy. And as you watch them grow, you can stimulate your inner botanist with the included information on each plant’s Latin family, varieties, bloom period, mature height, and other scientific specs.
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The complete houseplant survival manual : essential know-how for keeping (not killing!) more than 160 indoor plants
Barbara Pleasant
635.965 /Pleasant
Gardening
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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Gardenlust : a botanical tour of the world's best new gardens
Christopher Woods
712.6 /Woods
Gardening
A steep hillside oasis in Singapore, a garden distinguished by shape and light in Marrakech, a haunting tree museum in Switzerland—these are just a few of the extraordinary outdoor havens visited in Gardenlust. In this sumptuous global tour of modern gardens, intrepid plant expert Christopher Woods spotlights 50 modern gardens that push boundaries and define natural beauty in significant ways. Featuring both private and public gardens, this journey makes its way from the Americas and Europe to Australia and New Zealand, with stops in Asia, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. Along the way, you'll learn about the people, plants, and stories that make these iconic gardens so lust-worthy. As inspiring as it is insightful, Gardenlust will delight your passion for garden inspiration—and the many places it grows.
Any time I travel to new places, gardens pull me in. The 50+ gardens in Garden Lust are a combination of public and private gardens, most of which I'll never be able to see. There is more here than a traditional coffee table picture book. Together the photographs , Although I have added some of the North American gardens to my travel bucket list. It's more than a coffeetable picture book, I only wish this book had been bigger - 414 pages of gardens just made me want more! -Beth
The PW proven winners garden book : simple plans, picture-perfect plants, and expert advice for creating a gorgeous garden
Ruth Rogers Clausen
635.9 /Clausen
Gardening
Beautifying your home landscape has never been easier! As with cooking, the success of your garden depends on the quality of the ingredients you use. Clausen and Christopher have created "recipes" for success-- and then include suggestions for improvisation so that you can develop them to your own needs and style preferences. -- adapted from introduction
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Mini meadows : grow a little patch of colorful flowers anywhere around your yard
Mike Lizotte
635.9 /Lizotte
Gardening
The word "meadow" conjures images of wide expanses of land, but a mini meadow -- a kind of informal flower garden started with seed sown directly into the soil -- can be any size; plus, it's fun, easy to grow, and good for the planet. From choosing the right variety of seeds, preparing the soil, sowing evenly, and watering well, author Mike Lizotte guides readers through the process of successfully creating a miniature meadow that suits their climate, soil, and growing goals, whether planting to beautify a hellstrip, halt erosion, fill a boggy spot, or establish a nesting area for bees and butterflies.
I've always wanted to own my own meadow. Using this book as a guide I'm going to turn an abandoned raised bed into my own little flowering meadow. -Beth
Botany in a day : the patterns method of plant identification : Thomas J. Elpel's herbal field guide to plant families
Thomas J Elpel
580 /Elpel
Gardening
Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing seven key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.
Did you know that insects and flowering plants co-evolved? It seems obvious, perhaps, but until I read this book I had no idea! I have been trying to become more knowledgeable about plant identification. This was a great book to start with, and I loved the line drawings of plants. I may at one point invest in my own copy! -Heidi K
Peony : the best varieties for your garden
David Michener
635.93344 /Michener
Gardening
In The Peony, David Michener and Carol Adelman help spread the joy of gardening with peonies. They share the history of this beloved plant, highlight the different types of peonies available, and profile the best 193 varieties of both. Growing information includes details on climate, soil, light, planting, and water needs. Helpful lists detail the best peony variety for specific needs and a resource listshares the best places to buy peonies and the best public gardens to see them in.
A new book about one of my favorite flowers. Some of the varieties in my yard are over 50 years old. Can't wait to see if they're in this book. -Beth
Success with succulents : choosing, growing, and caring for cactuses and other succulents
John Bagnasco
635.9525 /Bagnasco
Gardening
"Succulents and cacti are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. Whether you're in the southwestern United States enjoying succulents on the patio, or raising a cactus garden on a windowsill in Minnesota, this book has something for you.Success with Succulents is filled with well-known and unusual species of cactuses and succulents, as well as tips and techniques for caring for these water-sipping species. Color combinations outdoors, growing indoors, ideal soil and soil mixes, watering, fertilizing, grooming, and propagation sections teach all kinds of things about caring for cactuses and succulents. The book also includes more than 100 plant profiles, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds."--
Not really an introduction to growing cactus and succulents as much as a home reference guide, this wonderful book can keep you entertained for hours learning about choosing and caring for both indoor and outdoor succulents -Beth
The little book of cacti and other succulents
Emma Sibley
635.93356 /Sibley
Gardening
The perfect plant pets, cacti and succulents are easy to care for and resilient to even the laziest of gardeners. With the right information, growing these plants is virtually foolproof. This must-have practical guide will help your indoor plants to grow and thrive.
If I had to buy only one new about Cactus this year. Comparing it to other Cactus and Succulent books in our collection, this book has more of the things I actually own in it. Nicely organized with nice compact entries that give the needs, care and quirks of each plant. Each entry has a large color photograph as well. -Beth
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