Growing plants indoors is a rewarding pastime, whether you want colourful plants for eye-catching accents in the living room, dining room or bedroom, or wish to create a large-scale garden in a sunroom. And because there is such a wide range of species to grow - tall and dramatic, arching and graceful, bushy and lush -house plants can beautify and enliven every room in your house.
THE ULTIMATE HOUSE PLANT HANDBOOK provides everything you need to know about house plants - how to choose them, how to care for them and how to display them. At the heart of the book are two directories of plants, each in alphabetical order and illustrated with full-colour photographs. The main directory describes more than 170 of the most common and popular house plants, their size, colour, light, humidity and temperature preferences, and how to plant, repot, propagate and care for them. The secondary directory describes over 130 more unusual plants that can be grown indoors for special effects.

THE ULTIMATE HOUSE PLANT HANDBOOK is easy to use. An alphabetical chart at the back of the book provides at-a-glance information on all the directory plants, summarising each plant's features and preferred conditions. The index lists all the common names, so if you only know a plant's common name, you can readily find the entry. And there's an informative glossary of botanical terms, plus tips on what to look for when you are buying plants and how to choose the ones that are best for your home, its spaces and growing conditions.