The new plant collector The next adventure in your house plant journey

Darryl Cheng

Book - 2024

"The world of indoor gardening is exploding with desirable new and unusual plants. Thanks to the resources of the internet and social media, finding amazing varieties has never been easier-but knowing how to get maximum enjoyment from this enticing world is not so easy. Darryl Cheng brings his knowledge-based approach to the quest, offering collecting suggestions to suit every level of experience, and describing the riches of more than fifteen different plant groups, from anthuriums to tillandsias. As always, he focuses on meeting each plant's requirements for light and moisture, and he provides practical ways to create optimal growing conditions at home. To inspire readers, there are photographs showing the dazzling variety of co...lors, forms, and patterns that each group offers. For Cheng, the happy indoor gardener learns to appreciate plants as living things that undergo stages of growth, decline, and rebirth. He teaches the joys of propagation, so that anyone can produce new life from old, increasing and sharing the world's wealth of beautiful plants"--

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2nd Floor New Shelf 635.965/Cheng (NEW SHELF) Due Dec 26, 2024
Subjects
Genres
Illustrated works
Handbooks and manuals
Published
New York : Abrams Image, an imprint of ABRAMS 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Darryl Cheng (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781419761508
  • I. Caring for Your Collection
  • 1. The New Plant Collector
  • 2. Light: Make It Make Sense
  • 3. Soil and Nutrient Management
  • 4. Watering: A Universal Approach
  • 5. Home Setups
  • II. Plants to Collect
  • Aglaonema
  • Alocasia
  • Aloe
  • Anthurium
  • Begonia
  • Calathea/Goppertia/Ctenanthe
  • Ceropegia
  • Dieffenbachia
  • Echeveria and Other Small Succulents
  • Epipremnum
  • Ferns
  • Haworthia/Haworthiopsis
  • Hoya
  • Monstera
  • Peperomia
  • Philodendron
  • Platycerium
  • Rhaphidophora
  • Scindapsus
  • Syngonium
  • Thaumatophyllum
  • Tillandsia
  • Appendix: Dealing with Pests
  • Acknowledgments
  • Image Credits
  • Index