House Plants

by Reader's Digest Association

Book Overview

An essential owner's manual of choosing, growing, grouping and using house plants, combining practical information with beautiful design ideas in a ready reference format. Illustrated. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089577349X
• ISBN13: 9780895773494
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

House Plants (RD Home Handbook Series)

The content of the book was helpful. Would recommend to anyone that is interested in house plants.

Gets to the point with helpful information

I keep this book right next to my watering can and refer to it for helpful hints every time one of my plant leaves turn yellow, or brown or another problem turns up. It covers lots of information in few words. The illustrations are quite helpful. Love it, and wouldn't do without it

Good Beginner's Guide

This is an great book for beginners plus it's cute and small and easy to read (this book would be especially appropriate for teenagers and older children). Chapters include: "Choosing Houseplants" including how to match plants to the growing conditions in your home and how to grow bulbs indoors; "Light and Humidity;" "Watering Know-How;" "Feeding Your Plants;" "Pots and Potting On;' "Pruning and Training;" "Propagating Houseplants;" "Tackling Pests and Diseases;" "Favorite Houseplants;" and "Display & Arrangement." The "Favorite Houseplants" chapter includes descriptions and growing requirements for 20 easy-to-grow plants including English Ivy, Philodendrons, Rubber Plants, Boston Ferns, African Violets, Cyclamens, Hyacinths, Poinsettias and Geraniums, etc. "Display & Arrangement" has instructions for container plants, hanging baskets and terrariums. The only reservation I have about this book is that some of the symbols used to designate humidity and amount to water are a bit confusing; in particular, I had a little trouble telling the difference between the medium drop ("water moderately") and the small drop ("water sparingly").

Essential

This book is an essential guide, just as the title says, for anyone interested in caring for house plants. Good photographs along with excellent tips make this a good starter before buying a plant. I found it particularly useful that it recommended plants according to my own lifestyle, location, as well as advice on what to look for when buying a houseplant.