The Houseplant Handbook : A Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Houseplants

Author: Bailey, Alice

Gardening: plants

Published on 3 April 2025 by Hardie Grant Books (UK) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 144 pages, Full-colour Photography Throughout
141 x 193 x 20 | 372g

The Houseplant Handbook is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach.

Focusing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold.

By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive.

Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.