The New Houseplant: Bringing the Garden Indoors

by Elvin McDonald

Book Overview

A recent NASA study proves that houseplants can significantly improve indoor air quality. The New Houseplant makes sense of the astounding variety of plants that can now be grown indoors, and it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0025831267
• ISBN13: 9780025831261
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Best houseplant book ever!

This is the definitive houseplant book. It is comprehensive, well-researched and based on many, many years of practical experience in growing plants in the home. On top of all that, it is a great pleasure to read as Mr. McDonald is a natural writer. His love for living greenery is combined with a scrupulous interest in learning about the ever-expanding world of houseplants and in sharing what he has learned with gardeners, amateur and professional alike. If you are longing for a houseplant book, this is the one to get: it will whet your appetite to acquire more plants that can be brought into bloom in any home. It will also teach you everything handy about plants best suited for indoor culture. And thanks to its unpretentious design, layout and beautiful photographs, this is a most handsome volume.