Rainy Side Gardeners' Featured Book
Tempting Tropicals
Plant fanatic Ellen Zachos invites everyone, from the horticulturally clueless to the avidly
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In this original and comprehensive guide to luscious houseplants, Ellen's enthusiasm, like the plants, is irresistible. Would you like to curtain your sunny bedroom window with a lush flowering vine? Did you know a petite carnivorous plant can help keep your kitchen free of fruit flies? If you're dazzled by the tremendous variety of houseplants available today, Ellen's thorough advice will help you successfully expand your plant palette.
Succumb to the intoxicating fragrance of Jasminum sambac (jasmine), and soon you'll need to know more: all about sustenance, container choice, light, water, and temperature requirements, propagation, pests and diseases, even how to summer your plants outdoors and travel with them. This stunning reference also features gorgeous color photographs and detailed descriptions of 175 choice plants that are native to both tropical and temperate regions. From Abutilon megapotamicum (flowering maple) to Vanilla planifolia (vanilla), from the spectacular Licuala grandis (fan palm) to the delectable hanging Lotus berthelotti (parrot's beak), Tempting Tropicals is the essential handbook for the indoor gardener.
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