The House Plant Expert Book 2 by Dg Hessayon
The House Plant Expert has been the indoor gardening bible since its introduction in 1960.Over the years it has become the best-selling plant book the world has ever known and there are now more than 14,000,000 copies in print.Updates have appeared at regular intervals, and now at last the long-awaited sequel has been published. A host of new house plants have appeared during the last ten years.These plants are in the shops, but they are not in the books - until now. There are in-depth features on bonsai, orchids, bromeliads, Christmas flowers, herbs and many more.Roomscaping is introduced - the way to use house plants alone or in groups as decorative features rather than as green or coloured pets.The problem section answers the main difficulties with indoor plants - why they don't flower, why they die, how much to water and much more.There's even a miscellany - a collection of bits and pieces from the lucky bamboo story to the easy way to measure humidity. Over 200 million house plants are sold every year in the UK, and sales have increased 200% over the last decade (source: The Times).Millions of people everywhere rely on the House Plant Expert for the straightforward, reliable advice it contains. Now there is The House Plant Expert: Book Two for the millions who want to know more. There are lots more plants to buy, lots more ideas.
"Will be huge - order in shed loads" -- Sarah Broadhurst The Bookseller "Complementing the original House Plant Expert, this includes all the newly fashionable plants that we all need advice on" The Bookseller "Unbeatable for down-to-earth, practical advice" Amateur Gardening "If you want to know all there is about house plants, herbs, bonsais, orchids and more, you can't go wrong" Bella "A sister edition to the world's best-selling plant book" Sun
Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement 'Oscar' at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as 'Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s'. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780903505611 |
| ISBN 10 | 0903505614 |
| Title | The House Plant Expert Book 2 |
| Author | Dg Hessayon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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