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by David Longman

The Instant Guide to Successful House Plants This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812908767
• ISBN13: 9780812908763
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

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About the Book ---

From the book flap: This guide to the 86 most popular houseplants is the freshest, most convenient, and most practical houseplant book yet devised. Where most plant books present generalizations on plant care and leave the reader to figure out how to cope with the problems of the individual plant, this book takes the opposite approach. Every plant, with its variations, is given its own beautifully designed and color-coordinated double-page spread. The plant is shown in full color, and the line drawings illustrate precisely how to water, clean, repot and propagate it. A special full-color illustration show what can go wrong with each plant, and what can be done about it. The text describes the origins and characteristics of each plant, and its major variations. It prescribes its ideal growing conditions - light, soil and feeding. Each plant is rated according to lifespan, ease or difficulty in care, and best potential plant companions. Special section on bulbs, annuals and cacti. About the author: David Longman is an expert in plant care who trained at the famous Royal Horticultural Society's school at Wisley, England before joining his long-established family firm of florists. The author's Florist website is www.longmans.co.uk/mall/Longmans/aboutus.stm