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.
Contents
INTRODUCTION to the book: Why have houseplants (good for mental health,
phsychologically, for beauty, health, clean air. Finding a plant for your
home and finding a home for your plant, using the book to ensure success.
DISPLAY, staging, modern use: solo, sequence, habitat, negative space,
feature, vertical, stands, hanging, privacy. Considering shape, texture,
form, size, scale.
WHAT can we grow and WHERE: What are houseplants?
EIGHT GROUPS. Where they come from, how to look after them, the rooms where
you can display them. Native habitat dictates our care.
Eight groups are: Ferns; Palms; Cactus; Succulents; Bromeliads including Air
plants; Flowering house plants (possibly shorter or longer); Foliage;
Carnivorous.
HOW TO GROW in general: consider situation, right plant right place,
temperature, light, humidity
including: Kit and bit on containers to grow them in. This practical section
includes the key care points: watering; heating; choosing compost; changing
humidity; feeding; repotting; cleaning; holiday care.
MAKING MORE PLANTS Propagating in five ways: leaf cuttings using begonia or
sanseveria; bulbil babies using sedum; division of palm roots;
suckers/offshoots and runners using chlorophytum; adventitious roots using
hoya
HOUSE PLANT PORTRAITS
PROJECTS 12 projects including Kokedama; Plant leaf in a clear glass
frame; A series of Sanseveria pots on a windowsill for privacy; Cactus
grafting for impressive results; Macrame hanging planter; Air plant mobile;
Desert Plant stand; Tray of succulents with strong pattern and landscape
feel; Air fresheners collection; Touch me, touch me not.
PROBLEMS: trouble shooting, preventative and curative
endmatter (index and acknowledgments)
KAY MAGUIRE is an award winning author, and a regular contributor to gardening magazines such as BBC Gardeners' World, The Garden and Amateur Gardening, as well as being the video producer for the RHS website. Kay trained at The Royal Botanic Garden Kew, where she gained the Kew Diploma, and was the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners' World for six years. She is now a freelance writer, editor, producer and most importantly, grower.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kews horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens the most diverse collection in the world.
Jason Ingram is a Bristol based Photographer specialising in Gardens, Food, People and Interiors.
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