Kay Maguire, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing House Plants
The art and science to grow your own house plants
Kay Maguire, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing House Plants
The art and science to grow your own house plants
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Kew Growing House Plants is an illustrated guide to the most trendy and popular indoor plants with advice on choosing, growing, styling, projects and propagation.
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Kew Growing House Plants is an illustrated guide to the most trendy and popular indoor plants with advice on choosing, growing, styling, projects and propagation.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Kew Experts
- Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
- Illustrated Edition
- Seitenzahl: 144
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 167mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 454g
- ISBN-13: 9780711240001
- ISBN-10: 0711240000
- Artikelnr.: 53778078
- Kew Experts
- Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
- Illustrated Edition
- Seitenzahl: 144
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 167mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 454g
- ISBN-13: 9780711240001
- ISBN-10: 0711240000
- Artikelnr.: 53778078
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)