The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants: The art and science to grow your own house plants (3) - Couverture rigide

Kay Maguire; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0711240000 ISBN 13 : 9780711240001

Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2019

Synopsis

From the Kew Experts series, this book is perfect book for the house plant gardener, filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy advice to help your plants thrive! 

Are your house plants forlorn? Do they need more knowledgeable attention? With the help of experts from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plants are delicate and which indestructible, whether these are cacti, succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers, foliage, fragrance and even air freshening powers.

Learn how to nurture your house plants and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and projects in this pretty guide to 70 of the best. Here you'll find plants for all tastes, all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all light levels and every skill set. Find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home.

This beautifully illustrated guide mixes exquisite botanical prints with 12 step-by-step photographed projects that show how to create and display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Author Kay Maguire goes back to the basics of choosing, potting, feeding and care, then looks further at pruning and propagating in order to make more plants.

This is the perfect book for new or experienced stay-at-home gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen their air and cultivate a little bit of calm.

This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Herbs and Guide to Growing Vegetables.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kew's horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens – the most diverse collection in the world.

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Which are delicate and which indestructable? - We show how to find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home.
KEW GROWING HOUSE PLANTS is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical indoor projects. Readers can discover over 70 life-changing plants and 12 home-transforming projects. Each project is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs. Starting from the premise that we want to show how to grow the right plant in the right place, we demonstrate the benefits of all common house plants and how to care and curate them in the home. Includes cacti, succulents, bromeliads including air plants, foliage house plants, flowering house plants, house plants for scent and air freshening.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frances Lincoln
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0711240000
• ISBN 13: 9780711240001
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible