This new addition to the Black & Decker Outdoor Home series helps readers bring all the benefits of outdoor gardening to the interior of their homes. In addition to bringing natural garden beauty to the indoor decor, houseplants are now known to be an important component of indoor air quality, especially in homes that are tightly sealed against outside air. Many plants filter out toxins and convert carbon dioxide to oxygen.

Indoor gardening has its own particular challenges, and this book addresses them all, including: controlling pests and diseases in a confined environment; providing supplemental lighting where natural sunlight is limited; and propagating difficult species.

Like other volumes in this series, Houseplants features the most up-to-date information available, including latest developments in potting soil compositions, water retaining polymers, pest and disease control. The plant encyclopedia is the most comprehensive listing of popular indoor species and includes not only flowers and foliage plants, but also ornamental grasses and dwarf trees.

Series: Black & Decker Outdoor Home
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Creative Publishing International (November 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589230035
ISBN-13: 978-1589230033
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches

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Book Reviews

Houseplants & Indoor Gardening

By Katie Weissberg on July 12, 2002

This book is GREAT!!!! Growing up my mother always had silk plants about the house that were not attractive. Come to find out later in my life she had tried living houseplants but somehow killed them once they were in her home. If she had this book she would have not had that problem!
When I had a home of my own I vowed that I would not succumb to her tactics with plants. I love the look and ambiance of living plants and was determined to have many of my own. Over the years I have become a more avid gardener and have always loved indoor houseplants. Although I have become a better indoor gardener it seemed that I still had my mother’s knack of being able to swiftly kill some plants until I came across the Black and Decker series book, “Houseplants & Indoor Gardening”. This book gives you so much information for decorating your home with houseplants it is unbelievable. After reading this book I quickly was able to identify some quick targets of my plants demise. One was as simple as the selection of plants when buying them in the nursery. It is a great reference tool that I use almost daily. I really love the encyclopedia of Common Houseplants which breaks all the specifications and growing conditions needed for certain plants. Overall I have found this book to be invaluable. A must have if you want you indoor garden to flourish!!!!!!

Houseplants Thriving!

By Dragon’s Folly on December 10, 2011

Thank you, Thank you Julie Bawden~Davis! My family no longer calls our houseplants “three month plants”. They used to be named that because the only plant I could keep alive longer than three months was a sturdy pathos. I’ve taken your book with me on my gardening shopping trips and used it as a resource to ensure that I am choosing the right plant for the right location in my home. Suddenly, with your guidance, my plants are surviving and even thriving. I’ve even referenced it for my patio plantings. My gardening attempts are no longer a “Folly” thanks to your concise book.

What a wealth of knowledge!!!!

By Mandy Stanley on July 22, 2002

This is a great book! The author is apparently an extremely knowledgable indoor gardener and she shares this information in an easy to read enjoyable book. All aspects of indoor gardening are covered from decorating with plants, care and requirements, planting and placement. Included in the book is an encyclopedia of common houseplants with plant requirements and pictures to help you identify all those plants you never knew the names of!! If you have houseplants this book is a MUST.