Houseplants for Dummies

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Houseplants for Dummies

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Looking to bring some outside greenery indoors? Maybe you already have an indoor garden and are looking to create a botanical jungle.  Whatever the case may be, houseplants are an ideal inexpensive way to beautify your dwelling. You’ll be rewarded with purer air and you’re sure to enjoy watching your plant sprout, climb, and even flower.

Of course, before you start working on crafting a greenhouse, you need to know what kinds of plants you can grown in your home and which plants are best suited to your taste and style. Houseplants For Dummies introduces dozens of different foliage plants, flowering plants, cacti, and exotic varieties. Your green thumb is sure to get even greener once you’ve read about:

Houseplants For Dummies is packed with houseplant growing techniques, tips, tricks, and even goes the extra mile with a chapter devoted to the various ways you can display houseplants if you’re looking for some bragging rights! Whether you’re new to the world of houseplant basics or you’re a seasoned gardener, you’ll get the “inside dirt” on topics such as:

The material is arranged into six clear and helpful sections: houseplant basics, houseplant profiles, growing essentials, potted plant maintenance, houseplant settings, and valuable ideas – each section helping you create your own indoor forest. Even if you’re convinced you have a black thumb, Houseplants For Dummies will have you living among the green in no time!

From the Back Cover
"Indoor gardening comes alive under the user-friendly guidance of Houseplants For Dummies."
- Matthew Gardener, President, California Interior Plantscape Association

Hundreds of houseplant profiles help you pick the right plants

Turn your home into a "green" house

Make any and every room healthier and more attractive with houseplants! In this indispensable indoor gardener's companion, you'll get the dirt on selecting healthy plants and keeping them lush - even if you're convinced you have a black thumb! Complete with eight pages of color photos, it's just what you need to transform your home into a leafy green paradise.

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Houseplants for Dummies

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Book Contents:

  1. Howard Garrett's Plants for Texas
  2. How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts
  3. How-To Hydroponics, Fourth Edition
  4. Impatient Gardener
  5. Japanese Touch for Your Garden
  6. Jerry Baker's Fast, Easy Vegetable Garden
  7. Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions : 1,954 Natural Remedies to Handle Your Toughest Garden Problems (Jerry Baker's Good Gardening series)
  8. Joy of Gardening (Garden Way Book)
  9. Landscape Plants for Dry Regions: More Than 600 Species from Around the World
  10. Landscaping Small Spaces

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