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The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants: Paperback reissue

By (author) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, By (author) Kay Maguire, By (photographer) Jason Ingram

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The essential guide to growing house plants. From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the 70 best house plants to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each one. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardener's Guides, now available in paperback. Are your house plants forlorn? Do they need more knowledgeable attention? With the help of experts from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plants are delicate and which indestructible, whether these are cacti, succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers, foliage, fragrance and even air-freshening powers. Learn how to nurture your house plants and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and projects in this pretty guide to 70 of the best. Here you'll find plants for all tastes, all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all light levels and every skill set. Find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home. This beautifully illustrated guide mixes authoritative plant profiles with exquisite botanical prints and12 step-by-step photographed projects that show how to create and display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Kew expert Kay Maguire goes back to the basics of choosing, potting, feeding and care, then looks further at pruning and propagating in order to make more plants. This is the perfect book for new or experienced indoor gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen their air and cultivate a little bit of calm. It is filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy advice to help your plants thrive. This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available: Growing Herbs, Growing Bulbs, Growing Fruit, Growing Orchids, Growing Vegetables, Growing Roses, Growing Trees, Growing Cacti and Succulents, Growing Perennials, Growing Shrubs, Growing Alpines.

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Normally shipped | Forthcoming. We are not accepting backorders for this item yet
Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC
Published date | 5 Feb 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 144
Dimensions | 210 x 160 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 500g
ISBN | 978-1-8057-0032-6
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BISAC | gardening / flowers / general


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