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Bezig met laden... The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home (origineel 2012; editie 2012)door Tovah Martin
Informatie over het werkThe Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary Choices for Every Spot in Your Home door Tovah Martin (2012)
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A guide to raising house plants with information on two hundred and twenty different plants. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I also appreciate that she acknowledges her plant losses as well as her successes, and discusses a bit why the plants that didn't survive died. As someone with a similar self-taught love of houseplants, I am also feeling my way through the art of houseplant collecting and care. I buy a lot of near-dead plants from clearance racks, and some of them now look great, but it bugs me at a personal level when they die after looking like they should be doing ok. It is nice to be reminded that not all plants survive, even for more expert plant-carers, and that it is not always something to feel bad about. I may not have orchids in my apartment (and they could not thrive in my available plant spots) but I do still have several fittonias, brought back from near-death over a year ago, a few very nice arrowhead plants, and a rather nice variegated pepperomia in my collection. Reading books like this one serves as a reminder to appreciate one's plant successes, and learn to accept challenging plants as temporary if they won't survive long-term in one's available spaces.
The biggest gripe I had with this book- the photos, while sometimes great, don't always show the plants being discussed, and many are a bit vague. Einstein the kitten is a great photo model, though, and a great example of a cat that can be taught to safely coexist with a complex plant collection. ( )