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Grow Houseplants

Release Date: 2021/05/01
ISBN: 9780744051063
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Make your green-thumbed dreams a reality with these accessible, practical gardening e-guide.

The Grow series is all about helping you make the most of your green space. Tapping into today's most popular gardening topics, including container gardening, growing your own produce, pruning and training, eco-friendly gardening, making your own compost, and caring for houseplants, Grow makes gardening simple for new enthusiasts and confident growers alike. Jargon-free advice and at-a-glance profiles are paired with full-color photography and clear illustrations, all presented in a modern format.

Easy to use and written by trusted experts, this new series has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow.

Table of Contents

  1. COVER
  2. HALF-TITLE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. How to use this eBook
  5. PLANNING YOUR PLANTING
    1. WHY GROW HOUSEPLANTS?
    2. PLANTS FOR A HEALTHY HOME
    3. A GATEWAY TO GARDENING
    4. CHOOSING THE RIGHT LIGHT
    5. CHOOSING THE RIGHT ROOM
    6. CREATIVE DISPLAYS
    7. DISPLAYING TRAILING AND CLIMBING PLANTS
    8. INTERIOR DESIGN WITH PLANTS
  6. GROWING AND MAINTAINING
    1. BUYING YOUR PLANTS
    2. CONTAINERS AND POTTING MIX
    3. REPOTTING
    4. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
    5. WATERING AND FEEDING
    6. PRUNING AND CLEANING
    7. PROPAGATING BY LEAF AND STEM CUTTINGS
    8. RAISING FROM SEEDS, OFFSETS, AND DIVISION
    9. UNUSUAL GROWING TECHNIQUES
    10. HOUSEPLANT PROBLEMS
    11. PESTS AND DISEASES
  7. HOUSEPLANTS A-Z
    1. ADIANTUM RADDIANUM MAIDENHAIR FERN
    2. AECHMEA FASCIATA URN PLANT
    3. AGLAONEMA COMMUTATUM CHINESE EVERGREEN
    4. ALOE VERA ALOE VERA
    5. ANANAS COMOSUS VAR. VARIEGATUS VARIEGATED PINEAPPLE
    6. ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM TAILFLOWER
    7. ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR CAST IRON PLANT
    8. ASPLENIUM NIDUS BIRD’S NEST FERN
    9. BEAUCARNEA RECURVATA PONYTAIL PALM
    10. BEGONIA BEGONIA
    11. BILLBERGIA NUTANS FRIENDSHIP PLANT
    12. BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA PAPERFLOWER
    13. BRUGMANSIA × CANDIDA ANGEL’S TRUMPET
    14. CEROPEGIA LINEARIS SUBSP. WOODII STRING OF HEARTS
    15. CHAMAEDOREA ELEGANS PARLOR PALM
    16. CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM SPIDER PLANT
    17. CISSUS RHOMBIFOLIA GRAPE IVY
    18. CITRUS CITRUS TREE
    19. CLERODENDRUM THOMSONIAE BLEEDING-HEART VINE
    20. CLIVIA MINIATA NATAL LILY
    21. CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM VAR. PICTUM CROTON
    22. CRASSULA OVATA JADE PLANT
    23. CTENANTHA BURLE-MARXII NEVER-NEVER PLANT
    24. CYCAS REVOLUTA SAGO PALM
    25. CYCLAMEN PERSICUM FLORIST CYCLAMEN
    26. CYMBIDIUM CYMBIDIUM
    27. CYPERUS UMBRELLA PALM
    28. DIEFFENBACHIA DUMBCANE
    29. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA VENUS FLYTRAP
    30. DRACAENA FRAGRANS DRAGON PLANT
    31. DRACAENA MARGINATA MADAGASCAR DRAGON PLANT
    32. DRACAENA SANDERIANA LUCKY BAMBOO
    33. DROSERA CAPENSIS CAPE SUNDEW
    34. ECHEVERIA ECHEVERIA
    35. EPIPREMNUM AUREUM DEVIL’S IVY
    36. EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA POINSETTIA
    37. FATSIA JAPONICA CASTER OIL PLANT
    38. FICUS BENJAMINA WEEPING FIG
    39. FICUS ELASTICA RUBBER PLANT
    40. FICUS LYRATA FIDDLE-LEAF FIG
    41. FICUS PUMILA CREEPING FIG
    42. FITTONIA ALBIVENIS VERSCHAFFELTII GROUP MOSAIC PLANT
    43. GARDENIA JASMINOIDES GARDENIA
    44. GOEPPERTIA LANCIFOLIA RATTLESNAKE PLANT
    45. GUZMANIA LINGULATA SCARLET STAR
    46. GYNURA AURANTIACA VELVET PLANT
    47. HAWORTHIA FASCIATA ZEBRA CACTUS
    48. HEDERA HELIX IVY
    49. HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS ROSE OF CHINA
    50. HIPPEASTRUM AMARYLLIS
    51. HOWEA FORSTERIANA KENTIA PALM
    52. HOYA WAXFLOWER
    53. HYPOESTES PHYLLOSTACHYA POLKA DOT PLANT
    54. JASMINUM POLYANTHUM JASMINE
    55. JUSTICA BRANDEGEEANA SHRIMP PLANT
    56. KALANCHOE BLOSSFELDIANA KALANCHOE
    57. LITHOPS LIVING STONE
    58. MARANTA LEUCONEURA VAR. KERCHOVEANA PRAYER PLANT
    59. MEDINILLA MAGNIFICA ROSE GRAPE
    60. MONSTERA DELICIOSA SWISS CHEESE PLANT
    61. NARCISSUS PAPYRACEUS PAPERWHITE
    62. NEOREGELIA CAROLINAE F. TRICOLOR BLUSHING BROMELIAD
    63. NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA ‘BOSTONIENSIS’ BOSTON FERN
    64. NERIUM OLEANDER OLEANDER
    65. NERTERA GRANADENSIS BEAD PLANT
    66. OPUNTIA MICRODASYS BUNNY EARS CACTUS
    67. PELARGONIUM SCENTED-LEAVED GERANIUM
    68. PEPEROMIA CAPERATA RADIATOR PLANT
    69. PHALAENOPSIS MOTH ORCHID
    70. PHILODENDRON BIPINNATIFIDUM HORSEHEAD PHILODENDRON
    71. PHILODENDRON SCANDENS SWEETHEART PLANT
    72. PHOENIX ROEBELENII MINIATURE DATE PALM
    73. PILEA PEPEROMIOIDES CHINESE MONEY PLANT
    74. PLATYCERIUM BIFURCATUM STAGHORN FERN
    75. PLUMBAGO AURICULATA CAPE LEADWORT
    76. RHAPIS EXCELSA BAMBOO PALM
    77. SAINTPAULIA AFRICAN VIOLET
    78. SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA ‘HAHNII’ HAHN’S SANSEVIERIA
    79. SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA VAR. LAURENTII VARIEGATED SNAKE PLANT
    80. SAXIFRAGA STOLONIFERA CREEPING SAXIFRAGE
    81. SCHEFFLERA ARBORICOLA UMBRELLA TREE
    82. SOLEIROLIA SOLEIROLII MIND-YOUR-OWN-BUSINESS
    83. SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES COLEUS
    84. SPATHIPHYLLUM WALLISII PEACE LILY
    85. STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA STEPHANOTIS
    86. STRELITZIA REGINAE BIRD OF PARADISE
    87. STREPTOCARPUS CAPE PRIMROSE
    88. STROMANTHE SANGUINEA ‘TRIOSTAR’ STROMANTHE
    89. TILLANDSIA AIR PLANT
    90. TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA SILVER INCH PLANT
    91. YUCCA ELEPHANTIPES SPINELESS YUCCA
    92. ZAMIOCULCAS ZAMIIFOLIA FERN ARUM
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. COPYRIGHT
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