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The Healthy Indoor Plant

A Guide to Successful Indoor Gardening

 

Charles C. Powell and Rosemarie Rossetti

 

Classical teaching in horticulture generally is based on the needs of outdoor or greenhouse plants, an approach not necessarily appropriate to maintaining healthy plants indoors. The groundbreaking information contained in The Healthy Indoor Plant satisfies the need for a text devoted entirely to indoor ornamental horticulture. This comprehensive volume uses a holistic approach to provide accessible information about the healthy management of plants being kept indoors for long periods of time. The authors show how the various aspects of plant care are interrelated. Plant care requires attention to and knowing about the interaction of the plant and its environment and understanding the relation between the plant, its parts, and their functions.
 

$38.95 list, 295 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-157-5

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-157-3

© 1992

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“Whether you’re a seasoned plant care professional, a new interior landscape company trainee or just an avid plant enthusiast, . . . you’ll find this a helpful, worthwhile text.” —Brent Marchant, Interior Landscape Industry Magazine

 

Table of Contents

 

1. An Introduction, History and Design Concepts
2. Using Living Plants Indoors
3. The Foliage Environment of an Indoor Plant
4. The Root Environment of an Indoor Plant
5. Practices That Prevent Indoor Plant Problems
6. Diagnosing Problems on Indoor Plants
7. Infectious Diseases of Indoor Plants
8. Insect and Mite Pests of Indoor Plants
9. Professional Practices That Keep Indoor Plants Healthy
10. Working as a Professional Interior Landscaper
11. A Health Management Encyclopedia of Common Indoor Plants
Appendix A. Math and Conversion Tables
Appendix B. How to Get Help and Advice
Appendix C. Professional Plant Care Forms
Glossary