Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home

Description

It's time for plant lovers to dust off their houseplants, update their image, and discover just how exciting, trendy, and crucial plants can be in the home. The Unexpected Houseplant, by renowned plant authority Tovah Martin, isn't your typical, old-fashioned, dowdy houseplant book. Martin's approach is revolutionary-picture brilliant spring bulbs by the bed, lush perennials brought in from the garden, quirky succulents in the kitchen, even flowering vines and small trees growing beside an easy chair. Martin brings an evangelist's zeal to the task of convincing homeowners that indoor plants aren't just a luxury-they're a necessity. In addition to design flair, houseplants clean indoor air, which can be up to ten times more polluted. Along with loads of visual inspiration, readers will learn how to make unusual selections, where to best position plants in the home, and valuable tips on watering, feeding, grooming, pruning, and troubleshooting, season by season.

Tovah Martin is a gardener, writer, lecturer and horticulturist.

"Will boost the confidence of even the most black-thumbed houseplant owner. Martin's can-do enthusiasm is infectious, her creativity inspiring." --Booklist "An imaginative guide to bringing the delights of the garden indoors." --Publishers Weekly "All indoor plant hobbyists in every geographic area will enjoy and learn from this book. Its fresh approach deserves a thumbs-up." --Library Journal "[Martin] has a witty, creative voice that warms her new book." --Traditional Home "Tovah Martin's newest book is no dry encyclopedic volume: Her personal, engaging writing style is as entertaining as it is informative." --Country Gardens "As the air gets crisper outside, it's time to rethink what plants can do to enliven our interior spaces. Tips on how to care for ordinary and not-so-ordinary species are revealed, so non-green-thumbers need not fear." --Design New England "This book engenders so much enthusiasm for indoor flora that you can find yourself outdoors with a shovel in your hand robbing your own garden of plants to bring inside." --Gardenista "This isn't just another book on houseplants; it's an invitation to adventure." --Horticulture "Martin writes in a captivatingly personal way...It's Martin's exuberance and deep knowledge that'll keep you reading." --Seattle Times "Martin's book makes one look very differently at the whole houseplant phenomenon. It isn't so much a practical guide...as a challenge to think outside the box when trying to bring the outside inside." --Daily Hampshire Gazette "As the air gets crisper outside, it's time to rethink what plants can do to enliven our interior spaces. Tips on how to care for ordinary and not-so-ordinary species are revealed, so non-green thumbers need not fear...Refreshing in the world of garden books." --Philadelphia Inquire "A good book for plant geeks and anyone tired of the same old peace lilies." --Harrisburg Patriot-News "A smart, stylish book on indoor gardening." --Pacific Horticulture