The new plant parent : develop your green thumb and care for your house-plant family / Darryl Cheng ; [illustrations, Jeannie Phan].

Book

Cheng, Darryl, author, photographer.

New York : Abrams Image, [2019]

©2019

©2019

207 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species.

House plants.

Indoor gardening.

Plant propagation.

Phan, Jeannie, illustrator.

Includes index.

Caring for plants. The plant parenthood mentality ; A home for plants ; Understanding house plants ; Holistic house-plant care ; Light ; Soil ; Water ; Pruning, propagation, and repotting ; Pests ; Acquiring house plants ; Helpful tools -- House plant journal. Dracaena ; Jade plant ; Kangaroo paw fern ; Marimo moss ball ; Money tree ; Monstera ; Mother of thousands (Kalanchoe) ; Oxalis ; Peace lily ; Philodendron vines ; Pilea ; Ponytail palm ; Pothos ; Prayer plant ; Rabbit's food fern ; Snack plant ; Staghorn fern ; String of hearts ; ZZ plant.

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9781419732393 (paperback)

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