Natasha Lymburner: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants

About the Author Ann Pregosin was the owner of The Village Green Garden Shop. Her shop has been written about in The New York Times and New York Magazine. She has been an instructor at the illustrious Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, has appeared on CNN, done gardening spots for radio, and is a guest speaker for various gardening clubs.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

This book boldly goes where no plant book has gone before: to the hard-hitting facts of what works and what doesnt workwhen it comes to growing lush, beautiful plants that bring joy and beauty into our lives.

It does this by exploring the most common causes of plant death: Choosing the wrong plants in the first place Over-watering them The ills of bad soilThe ill-conceived transplantsThe fertilizing issue The bugs issue The I-cant-bear-to-prune-my-plants syndromeAnd more!In so doing, this book debunks myths left and rightlike that disastrous water once a week thing.

It throws out the silly plant hypelike that nonsense you find in any other plant book about how fussy African violets are. This down-to-earth guide is chock-full of vivid information, humorous examples and analogies. In short this foolproof guide is guaranteed to turn around the worst plant killer!

Consumer review about How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants :
I love this book. Straightforward easy to read advice. I have loads of houseplants books ad I think this is my favourite(Read more)