Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere

Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere
Author: Byron E. Martin
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1603424652

Enjoy fresh java brewed from your own coffee beans or juice from the orange tree growing in a sunny corner of your living room. Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants — in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide brings papaya, passionfruit, pepper, pineapples, and more out of the tropics and into your home. With plenty of gorgeous foliage, entrancing fragrances, and luscious fruits, local food has never been more exotic.

Tropical Home Plants Make Easy

Tropical Home Plants Make Easy
Author: Israel Medina Colón
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-12-21
Genre:
ISBN:

Are you eager to enhance the ambiance of your home with the lush and exotic allure of tropical plants? Yet, find yourself trying to figure out where to begin. 'Tropical Home Plants Made Easy: Complete Guide' is the perfect starting point for your journey. Navigating the diverse and vibrant world of tropical plants can be a delightful adventure. With countless varieties to choose from, these plants can transform your home into a serene and inviting sanctuary. However, for those new to this realm or those who might feel daunted by the specifics of nurturing these splendid plants, this guide is your trusted companion. It simplifies the complexities and equips you with the knowledge and confidence to cultivate and cherish these botanical treasures in your own space. Inside, you will find: Tailored Plant Choices for Each Space of Your Home: Gain insights on a variety of plants perfectly suited for every area of your home, from low-light bathrooms to sun-drenched terraces. Find the ideal plant for each unique space. Optimal Soil Selection: Learn about the best types of soil or substrates to ensure that your tropical plants not only grow but flourish and bloom beautifully in their environment. Essential Tools: Get a comprehensive list of the necessary tools for proper plant care. Be fully equipped to nurture and maintain the health and beauty of your tropical plants. Pot Selection: Discover how to choose the right pot for each plant, considering its specific needs, the location in your home, and your personal aesthetic goals. Mastering the Art of Propagation: Become proficient in the propagation process, gaining the skills to multiply your plant collection and share it with others like a true expert. Don't let uncertainty hold you back any longer. 'Tropical Home Plants Made Easy: Complete Guide' is your key to unlocking the secrets of tropical plant care. Embrace the journey of plant parenthood and let your home blossom. Pick up your copy today and start transforming your home into a tropical paradise!

Tropical Plants and How to Love Them

Tropical Plants and How to Love Them
Author: Marianne Willburn
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0760368945

Adventurous Gardener seeks relationship with Tropical Plant… Tropical plants are energizing. They awaken a tired summer garden with lush, sensuous foliage and fascinating flowers and turn a suburban patio into a sophisticated, late-night paradise. But if you garden in a temperate climate and have been reluctant to commit to what you’re sure will be too much work, it’s time to let Tropical Plants and How to Love Them author Marianne Willburn act as your tropical matchmaker. Using five relationship types to help you understand the different levels of care required for many common (and uncommon!) tropicals, Marianne introduces you to an impressive array of outstanding tropical plants by providing care instructions, easy tips for seeing these tropical beauties safely through the winter, and advice for designing a tropical paradise of your own. Tropical Plants and How to Love Them gives you permission to jump headfirst into: A summer romance that ends with the first frost. A long-term commitment to beautify indoor and outdoor spaces. A friends-with-benefits relationship that yields exotic flavors and fragrances. A breakup with that high-maintenance beauty. A best friend relationship that lasts a lifetime. From the striking red leaves of the Abyssinian banana to the unusual flowers and healing powers of turmeric, there are hundreds of tropical plants worth loving. Find your new sweetheart in the pages of Tropical Plants and How to Love Them.

Plants for Tropical Landscapes

Plants for Tropical Landscapes
Author: Fred D. Rauch
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780824820343

Carefully selected plants add color, character, and charm to a wide variety of outdoor settings, providing much enjoyment and increasing the value of your home. Plants for Tropical Landscapes will help you select and group plants to create a successful tropical garden tailored to your needs and tastes. Gardeners and landscapers will find this treasury of more than 500 common plants easy to use and one of the most comprehensive guides available today. Plants are organized by size (ground covers, low shrubs, medium shrubs, small trees) and are fully illustrated with more than 700 color photographs to aid in their identification. The book presents guidelines on plant characteristics, soil and water requirements, and suggested landscape use for each species. In addition, appendices list plants suitable for special uses (xeriscapes, windbreaks, night gardens) and sites (beach gardens, lanai, and houseplants).

Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants

Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants
Author: Nellie Neal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1591865328

Author Nellie Neal explains how to best use tropical plants both indoors and out.

How To Grow Fresh Air

How To Grow Fresh Air
Author: B.C. Wolverton
Publisher: Orion Spring
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2020-04-20
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1398701173

An illustrated guide to the houseplants you need for clean and fresh air when you're stuck at home How clean is the air you breathe? Plants are the lungs of the earth: they produce the oxygen that makes life possible, add precious moisture and filter toxins. Houseplants can perform these essential functions in your home or office with the same efficiency as a rainforest in our biosphere. In this beautifully illustrated guide, noted scientist Dr Bill Wolverton shows you how to grow 50 plants that filter the most common pollutants, making it easy for you to purify the environments that impact you the most.

Guide to Houseplants

Guide to Houseplants
Author:
Publisher: Gramercy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: House plants
ISBN: 9780517162811

Rev. ed. of: The houseplant encyclopedia / Maggie Stuckey. 1993.

Edible Houseplants

Edible Houseplants
Author: Laurelynn G. Martin
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2023-09-26
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1635866790

The world of houseplants just got tastier with this colorful guide to growing edible plants indoors! Houseplant enthusiasts will be delighted to discover the range of tropical plants that can be grown in containers indoors, in any location. Laurelynn and Byron Martin, owners of Logee's Plants for Home & Garden, are nationally renowned for their expertise in growing fruit-bearing and tropical plants indoors. Their colorful guide features photos and complete care guidelines for 46 food-bearing plants, includes lemons, limes, grapefruit, cherries, olives, passion fruit, papaya, and much more. Fresh, fragrant, and flavorful, Edible Houseplants expands the fun and pleasure of growing indoor plants.

Young House Love

Young House Love
Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1579656765

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants

Gardener's Guide to Tropical Plants
Author: Nellie Neal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012
Genre: Plants, Ornamental
ISBN: 1591865336

Now gardeners can bring an exotic flair to their gardens by introducing the color, textures, and fabulous foliage of tropical plants. Not just for hot climates anymore, bromeliads, orchids, bananas, palms, birds of paradise, elephant ears, canna, and more can bring a touch of the tropics to any garden. Gardener's can choose from more than 150 plants featured in this book, each chosen for the visual impact it adds to any landscape or container garden. Plants are organized by a range of clearly defined zones, making it easy for gardeners to find the plants that will succeed in their landscape. Author Nellie Neal explains how to best use tropical plants both indoors and out. To make this book a universally useful guide, it is organized to explain how to grow tropical plants in a wide range of clearly defined zones. Further, the book illustrates how to best use these plants in landscapes and containers, indoors and out, no matter where you live. It is a practical, user-friendly celebration of tropical plants.