House plants for every space : a concise guide to selecting, designing and maintaining plants in any indoor space / Green Interior.

By:

Green Interior [house plant specialist.]

Tokyo, Japan : Tuttle Publishing, 2023Description: 95 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9780804855969

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 635.965 G82 2021

Contents:

Cover Title Page Contents Why We Wrote This Book PART 1 House Plants as Décor INTERIOR 1 Why Do We Love Green So Much? INTERIOR 2 Welcome to the Jungle! INTERIOR 3 Greenery that Grows Alongside Your Family INTERIOR 4~9 Displaying Symbolic Greenery INTERIOR 10 A Breath of Life in an Industrial Setting INTERIOR 11 Into the Woods INTERIOR 12 Example of a Large Plant INTERIOR 13 Where Animals and Plants Coexist INTERIOR 14 Gazed at by Greenery.. INTERIOR 15 This is My Solution INTERIOR 16 A Single Plant Makes a Big Difference! INTERIOR 17 Only as Much Green as Needed INTERIOR 18 Life and Plants, Me and You INTERIOR 19 The Right Answers for Green as Décor PART 2 How to Choose & Display Plants Choosing a Guardian Tree Choosing a Plant the Right Size for Your Table Choosing a Succulent or Cactus Choose a Plant that Suits Your Lifestyle Selecting the Growing Medium Choosing Plants Based on Tree or Leaf Shape Choosing a Pot Planter Guidelines Staying Green Throughout the Year Displaying Plants to Highlight Their Charms PART 3 A House Plant Catalog TREES Moraceae Arecaceae Myrtaceae Malvaceae Apocynaceae Hypericaceae Sterculiaceae Fabaceae Asparagaceae Rubiaceae Araliaceae LEAFY PLANTS Strelitziaceae Araceae Arecaceae Gesneriaceae Aspleniaceae Bromeliaceae Apocynaceae Marantaceae Polypodiaceae SUCCULENTS AND CACTI Asparagaceae Asteraceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Crassulaceae Lamiaceae Euphorbiaceae Cactaceae Cucurbitaceae PART 4 Living with House Plants Basic Watering How to Prevent Plants From Dying Basic Tools Basics of Fertilizer Use Four Environments that Plants Prefer Points to Keep in Mind When Away from Home Precautions for Summer and Winter Prevention and Countermeasures for Pests Let's Replant The Replanting Pro Let's Prune (Adjusting the Form of a Plant) The Pruning Process Frequently Asked Questions Copyright Backcover

Summary: "Plants are like people--they feel at home in certain spaces and not in others. House Plants for Every Space explains how to select the right plants for your home or office depending on the available light, the design you want, the size of the space, and the amount of time you have to maintain your greenery. Authors Etsuhiro Mashita and Momoko Sato, collectively known as Green Interior, provide you with dozens of options for various types of spaces, then show you how to match your containers to the plants, how to arrange and display them to maximise their beauty, and how to keep the plants healthy so you won't lose them!"-- Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	High School Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 635.965 G82 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	JHS000593

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Why We Wrote This Book
PART 1 House Plants as Décor
INTERIOR 1 Why Do We Love Green So Much?
INTERIOR 2 Welcome to the Jungle!
INTERIOR 3 Greenery that Grows Alongside Your Family
INTERIOR 4~9 Displaying Symbolic Greenery
INTERIOR 10 A Breath of Life in an Industrial Setting
INTERIOR 11 Into the Woods
INTERIOR 12 Example of a Large Plant
INTERIOR 13 Where Animals and Plants Coexist
INTERIOR 14 Gazed at by Greenery..
INTERIOR 15 This is My Solution
INTERIOR 16 A Single Plant Makes a Big Difference! INTERIOR 17 Only as Much Green as Needed
INTERIOR 18 Life and Plants, Me and You
INTERIOR 19 The Right Answers for Green as Décor
PART 2 How to Choose & Display Plants
Choosing a Guardian Tree
Choosing a Plant the Right Size for Your Table
Choosing a Succulent or Cactus
Choose a Plant that Suits Your Lifestyle
Selecting the Growing Medium
Choosing Plants Based on Tree or Leaf Shape
Choosing a Pot
Planter Guidelines
Staying Green Throughout the Year
Displaying Plants to Highlight Their Charms
PART 3 A House Plant Catalog
TREES
Moraceae
Arecaceae Myrtaceae
Malvaceae
Apocynaceae
Hypericaceae
Sterculiaceae
Fabaceae
Asparagaceae
Rubiaceae
Araliaceae
LEAFY PLANTS
Strelitziaceae
Araceae
Arecaceae
Gesneriaceae
Aspleniaceae
Bromeliaceae
Apocynaceae
Marantaceae
Polypodiaceae
SUCCULENTS AND CACTI
Asparagaceae
Asteraceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Crassulaceae
Lamiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Cactaceae
Cucurbitaceae
PART 4 Living with House Plants
Basic Watering
How to Prevent Plants From Dying
Basic Tools
Basics of Fertilizer Use
Four Environments that Plants Prefer Points to Keep in Mind When Away from Home
Precautions for Summer and Winter
Prevention and Countermeasures for Pests
Let's Replant
The Replanting Pro
Let's Prune (Adjusting the Form of a Plant)
The Pruning Process
Frequently Asked Questions
Copyright
Backcover

"Plants are like people--they feel at home in certain spaces and not in others. House Plants for Every Space explains how to select the right plants for your home or office depending on the available light, the design you want, the size of the space, and the amount of time you have to maintain your greenery. Authors Etsuhiro Mashita and Momoko Sato, collectively known as Green Interior, provide you with dozens of options for various types of spaces, then show you how to match your containers to the plants, how to arrange and display them to maximise their beauty, and how to keep the plants healthy so you won't lose them!"--