How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

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She recently got into houseplants so I think it will be helpful to her especially as it’s explained in such simple terms. This book is as advertised: a quick, visually informative guide to stop folks from killing their houseplants. Learn what balance to strike in the watering department by studying up on your plant and by familiarizing yourself with what healthy soil looks and feels like. Who has kept a dearly departed air plant on a windowsill months after its expiration as a painful reminder of the crime?

Some said it’s vague but unfortunately it’s my experience that some plants if overwatered or underwatered can have similar symptoms. The second type of person is someone who is normally good with plants but something random has gone wrong. When they bend toward the light source, that’s your cue to move them closer and rotate their containers. The pipe dream that was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – the Iran deal – could not seem more distant. Bathrooms, cold rooms, at a desk, on a windowsill, in a gloomy corner or hot suntrap: there are plants for every location to create your own indoor oasis.

When the leaves are dusty, it makes it more challenging to absorb sunlight and for photosynthesis to occur. How Not to Kill Your Houseplant is your guide to every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot, to helping it flourish and grow. My nana told me to cut off the brown spots at the edges of the leaves, and it made a huge difference. Bathrooms, cold rooms, at a desk, on a windowsill, or in a gloomy corner or hot suntrap—there are plants for every location to create your own indoor oasis. An excellent and informative book, but what really impressed me was the sheer volume of content packed into what appears a fairly small book.For those among us who don’t have a garden, houseplants are also an affordable way to bring a bit of the outdoors, indoors. Not only will this ensure your plant remains beautiful and dust free, it will also ensure your plant can photosynthesise – which is ultimately how it feeds itself! Similar to the RHS happy houseplant book, this is a small hardback book giving an overview of houseplant care.