What Is My Plant Telling Me?

What Is My Plant Telling Me?
Author: Emily L. Hay Hinsdale
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1982189819

Keep your house plants alive and thriving with this illustrated, accessible guide to popular house plants for new and experienced plant-parents alike. Many new gardeners are finally starting to understand why bringing the outside indoors is so appealing. From improving home décor to mental health, plants have so many benefits. But keeping them alive (and most importantly, thriving) isn’t always easy! What does it mean if your plant has brown tips? Rotting roots? Yellow leaves? The list goes on. Don’t you just wish your plants could communicate what’s wrong and how to fix it? What Is My Plant Telling Me? answers all your plant-based questions making it the perfect companion for anyone interested in keeping their plants looking their best. This illustrated guide to the fifty most popular house plants will show you how to: -Speak your plant’s language -Identify classic distress signals -Intervene successfully to keep your plants thriving for years to come -Choose plants that work best for your space -Pick the best locations within your home to keep your new plants -Identify the pot size needed when you want to replant -And more! Whether you’re interested in growing a cactus, orchid, or even the popular Fiddle Leaf Fig, this book is the perfect guide to deciphering the message your plant is telling you and what you can do to revive it.

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers
Author: Guido Moggi
Publisher: Touchstone
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1983
Genre: Floriculture
ISBN: 9780671466787

Gives descriptions for 369 species of garden flowers and shows how they can best be used in the garden.

At Home with Plants

At Home with Plants
Author: Ian Drummond
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2022-04-07
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1784728497

*** A stylish addition to the current craze for indoor greenery, this is as much about how you use plants as an integral part of contemporary decor as how to keep them alive and well. - The Sunday Times Houseplants are hot, and creative interior planting is becoming increasingly easy to achieve. The new wave of unusual and dramatic indoor plants is as much about décor and statement as greenery. Used aesthetically, as a focal point and sculptural element in interior design, indoor gardening is not just about possessing or growing a plant, but about using it as an accessory combined with other objects to create a particular style and mood. In this much-needed book, now reissued with a new cover and updated source directory, Ian and Kara show you how to transform your home with plants and tells you which plants will work best where and how to care for them. From strikingly geometric terrariums to pretty hanging baskets, practical herb pots and colourful window displays, this book is packed full of exciting and gorgeous ideas. Specially commissioned photography by Nick Pope throughout proves that bringing the outdoors in really is the best form of interior design.

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Shells

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Shells
Author: Bruno Sabelli
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1980
Genre: Shellfish
ISBN: 0671253204

"Field guide, with more than 1230 illustrations in ... color and information on appearance, size, geographic occurence, ecological environment"--Jacket.

The Modern Gardener

The Modern Gardener
Author: Sonya Patel Ellis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2022-04-19
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1645179451

This informative guide to selecting, potting, and tending to all types of plants will give your home a trendy, modern appeal. The Modern Gardener will help you give your home a chic, modern aesthetic with the right plants—indoors and out. With sections devoted to choosing the right plants, budgeting, and making the best use of your available space, you’ll be able to transform your home into a sanctuary for the plants that will give it an appealing vibe. Chapters on tending to all sorts of plants—including annuals, perennials, herbs, flowers, and edibles—make this a handy how-to guide for beginner and experienced gardeners alike. Using a little TLC and the many helpful tips in this book, your home will be blooming with life in no time.

The Simon & Schuster Guide to Climbing Plants

The Simon & Schuster Guide to Climbing Plants
Author: Francesca Consolino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1994
Genre: Ornamental climbing plants
ISBN: 0671510509

The newest entry in the "Nature Guide Series", this comprehensive, fully-illustrated book presents everything the gardener needs to know about identifying, selecting, and growing for more than 150 varieties of climbing plants. 216 full-color photos and illustrations.

Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom

Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom
Author: Emily L. Hay Hinsdale
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1982165847

Create your own green indoor paradise with this beautifully illustrated room-by-room guide to bringing the outdoors inside—perfect for plant parents everywhere! Decorating with plants adds a fresh, natural touch to any room. Potted plants can uplift a living space with serious mood-boosting power, reducing stress, improving air quality, and even providing fresh herbs for that next meal! But first, you have to keep them alive. Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom shows you how to maximize these health benefits and decorate like a pro, all while covering the essentials of plant care and maintenance. Full of home design and practical plant care tips, this illustrated guide helps you choose the right plants for your space, from succulents and spider plants to pothos and ZZ plants. Inside you’ll find: -Plant Care Instructions including watering instructions for popular types of plants and a guide to repotting your new plant babies -Over 70 Plant Recommendations from the easy peace lily to a dramatic monstera, feel like a pro as you design your perfect indoor garden -The Room-by-Room Guide covering which herbs and veggies can be grown in your kitchen to, yes, why you should never put that cactus in your bathroom -Crafting a Healthy Home with plants through purifying the air, adding beautiful aromas, and bringing a little nature inside -Beautiful Illustrations to ignite your own creativity and inspiration as you plan your newest addition to your home! Perfect for fans of Wild at Home, Urban Jungle, and Wellness by Design, this book will give plant lovers the tools and confidence they need to bring houseplants into every corner of their homes, improve their quality of life, and turn their home into a natural sanctuary.

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Cats

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Cats
Author: Gino Pugnetti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1983
Genre: Cat breeds
ISBN: 0671491709

Describes the characteristics and behavior of various longhair and shorthair breeds, looks at the history of cats, and discusses their care and grooming.

Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishes

Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishes
Author: Francesco Bianchini
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1977
Genre: Pets
ISBN:

A guide to freshwater and marine aquarium fish and plants, including all common and scientific names, environmental needs and other pertinent information, photographs of each entry, and including a section on how to start your own aquarium.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Houseplants

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Houseplants
Author: Alessandro Chiusoli
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 319
Release: 1986
Genre: House plants
ISBN: 9780671632182

This guide gives information on 243 plants and how to care for them.