Subjects:  1. Bulbs    2. Container gardening    3. Flowers - Bulbs    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. House Plants & Indoor    8. House plants    9. Indoor Gardening    10. Plants, Potted    11. Gardening / General   

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Very good but not fantastic
(Note, I would have given it 3 1/2 stars if that were an option.)Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Flowers - Orchids    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Orchids    7. Ornamental Plants    8. Reference    9. Gardening / Flowers / Orchids    10. House plants   

Subjects:  1. House Plants & Indoor    2. Sale Adult - Gardening / Indoor Plants    3. Techniques   

Reviews (5)

Great for the novice
This book, of the 3 I purchased, is the one I refer to most often. It has detailed descirptions of each tree along wiht detailed instructions on care for the tree including maintenance, repotting, propagation, etc. Very easy to understand and has answered the vast majority of my questions.

Great How To Manual for Beginners
Paul Lesniewicz describes the bonsai art with simplicist and skill.Thisbook is full of wonderful photos and great advise.

Good book
This book says everything from how to care for your bonsai, to how to growbonsai from cuttings and seeds.This is a great book for beginners as wellas the experinced grower. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gardening / Horticulture    2. Gardening/Plants    3. Indoor bonsai    4. Japanese Gardens - Bonsai    5. Bonsai    6. House plants    7. Shrubs & trees   

Subjects:  1. House plants   

Reviews (5)

I Love This CD!
I love it almost as much as I love gardening! I also have the Perennials CD by Allan Armitage, and they complement each other nicely.I love being able to sort the plant database by flower height, foliage height, and usage (landscaping or container). Learning About Annuals is Fun With This CD
Allan Armitage brings his expertise to CD.If you love computers and you love gardening, then this is for you!Armitage's knowledge of Annuals is passed to viewers through video, photos, audio, and text. Learning in this interactive environment is great! This is just one more way for gardeners to learn about the plants they love! Perfect for Plant Enthusiasts
This disc truly captures the wit and wisdom of one of America's premier perennial gardeners, Dr. Allan Armitage of the University of Georgia.Dr. Armitage has a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding the care and growing of a wide variety of plants.Read more

Subjects:  1. Annuals (Plants)    2. Audio - Nonfiction    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Reference    5. Gardening / Techniques    6. Gardening/Plants    7. House Plants & Indoor    8. Reference    9. Study and teaching    10. Techniques   

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. House Plants & Indoor    4. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Decorating    2. Directories    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. House Plants & Indoor    6. House plants in interior decoration    7. Indoor Gardening    8. Interior Design    9. United States   

Reviews (11)

Great Book.Funny Too.
I've owned this book since the seventies. I like it for its easy instructions that are really geared to sucess if followed. The humor is a plus! I have gone back to it over and over through the years. This morning, I was trying to find out how to germinate a cherry seed but,alas, that's not included. Not to worry I have lots of pits and will just see what happens. I only wish an updated issue of this book would soon emerge!

Great information and extremely entertaining!
I've read a lot of gardening books and by far this is my favorite. Not only is it informative and the only book I've ever seen on the subject- it reads better than many novels I've read!
Fun and helpful
What a fun book!Informative too.I couldn't put it down, and have since grown my *own* avocado plant with my toddler (we named ours Audrey).The stories associated with the author's experience with each plant are funny, sometimes hysterically so.My favorite was the image of him standing on a ladder forcefully throwing coconuts into a bathtub filled with saltwater to simulate coconuts falling out of a tree into the ocean.Don't worry, after describing how he experiments, he tells you the easier shortcuts (a ladder wouldn't fit into my bathroom anyway).Reading it makes you want to immediately buy and eat the exotic fruits he describes just for the seeds and the fun of trying to grow them (inside, my favorite place - no bugs, controlled climate, etc.).My only complaint is that the fruits are indeed largely exotic.The fruits in the book include mango, Chinese gooseberry, prickly pear, sugarcane, and pomegranate.I was hoping for some plain orange, lemon, or apple seed hints as well.Maybe other people are better at growing such ordinary plants, or at least less intimidated than me, but I loved having the plant-specific instructions that maximize the chances of success.Overall, I'd highly recommend this book, especially for those who would like to have a green thumb but just don't quite (like me) or for those who just like funny stories.Here's hoping for a sequel, even after all this time! :-) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Container    2. Fruit culture    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. General    8. Indoor Gardening    9. Plant propagation    10. Techniques   

Subjects:  1. Gardening    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. House Plants & Indoor    5. Techniques    6. House plants   

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An excellent resource
I used this book to research a project for my Plant Pathology class, and was surprised to learn that there are very few books available on the diseases of indoor plants. A. R. Chase does a wonderful job of organizing usful details about the prevention, diagnosis and control of diseases found in indoor plants. The details of how each disease relates to individual plants are particularly helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diseases and pests    2. Foliage plants    3. Gardening    4. Gardening/Plants    5. House Plants & Indoor    6. Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology    7. Pictorial works   

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Very informative and helpful
As a bonsai beginner, I found this book contained very good answers to most of my questions. It is more helpful than my other 3 bonsai books, combined. Ok Beginners book
This is a good general basics book -- it has beautiful color plates and some good diagramming on prunning and training. A must for for indoor Bonsai newcomers.
This is an excellent book for newcomers and pros alike.It encourages oneto break with many of the old traditions and grow your Bonsai indoors!Itcovers all aspects of tropical and sub-tropical tree cultivation and giveshints and tips on every page. Excellent value for money at any price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bonsai    2. Gardening    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Indoor bonsai    6. Japanese Gardens - Bonsai    7. Techniques    8. House plants    9. STUDY AIDS - SAT/PSAT   

Reviews (3)

A Talking Plant Encyclopedia!
There's lots of great information on this CD.I really like having access to Allan's plant knowledge at my fingertips.The CD includes information on hundreds of perennials...information such as hardiness zones, light tolerance, growth rate, height, spread, bloom season, and a concise description.Each plant has at least one still photograph, and some of them even have a short video clip of Allan in his garden talking about the plant. Learn About Perennials From An Expert
This CD includes a lot of information, photos and videos about many perennials from one of the great perennial experts. Videos of some of his favorite and not-so-favorite plants make using the CD interesting and fun to use.Seeing and hearing Armitage talk about plants is entertaining.This is a great tool for students as well as home gardeners.

Perfect for Plant Enthusiasts
This disc truly captures the wit and wisdom of one of America's premier perennial gardeners, Dr. Allan Armitage of the University of Georgia.Dr. Armitage has a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding the care and growing of a wide variety of perennial plants.Read more

Subjects:  1. Audio - Nonfiction    2. Gardening    3. Gardening / Reference    4. Gardening / Techniques    5. Gardening/Plants    6. House Plants & Indoor    7. Perennials    8. Reference    9. Study and teaching    10. Techniques   

Reviews (2)

Slightly antiquated Bonsai book
While the trees themselves have not changes, books have.This book is good, but there are better Bonsai books out there that are available for the beginner.Check out "The Complete Book of Bonsai" by Harry Tomlinson instead

Indoor Bonsai
This book was well-written, and very informative for the beginner.It went over all of the basics for Bonsai care, and was even appropriate as a reference book for the intermediate Bonsai caregiver.I would recommend itfor anyone who is interested in starting a Bonsai garden ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bonsai    2. Flowers - General    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. House Plants & Indoor    7. Japanese Gardens - Bonsai    8. Techniques   

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Great book to have at hand
With the literally thousands of different types and varieties of houseplants available on the market, it's no surprise that there are some that are missing from this book. However, most (all?) of the main ones are here, and so too is a wealth of information on how to grow them. I bought this book 10 or 15 years ago, and it helped me go from perennial plant killer (it was the killing that was perennial, not just perennials that were killed), to a reasonably green thumb. I'm not a super gardener or anything. I just like houseplants and needed some basic info on how to care for them. It's all here.

Houseplants for Everyone
I just love this book. I can't imagine having houseplants without it.I have it all marked with the Post-it flags so I can find my plants quickly.I'm going to get a little wordy here, but this is a great book with a lot of great features.I use it more that any of the other plant books I own. An excellent & concise houseplant reference.
An excellent & concise houseplant reference.It will show you what is commonly done wrong with plants and what you can to to promote growth/flowering.Also included is a cross reference for temperatures andother environmental variables that you may wish to choose plants for. There are also many good quality pictures that can help you immediatelyidentify 'that plant you've killed over & over' and a reference to theinstructions that can make the difference. Good book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. House Plants & Indoor    5. House plants    6. Indoor Gardening    7. Pictorial works   

Subjects:  1. Gardening    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. House Plants & Indoor    5. Ornamental Plants    6. Shade    7. Foliage plants    8. Gardening / Ornamental Plants   

Subjects:  1. House plants   

Subjects:  1. Gardening    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. House Plants & Indoor    5. Gardening / House Plants    6. House plants    7. STUDY AIDS - SPARKCHARTS   

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Read the book, look at the flowers;then you'll understand
When I first bought this book, I was sorely disappointed, not by the beauty of the blooms (and they are truly magnificent), but by the fact that they hid the body of the plant underneath in most cases. I didn't know as much about cacti as I do now. I also felt that I couldn't equate my humble little 5" pots to the outdoor giants depicted too. Now I know. You need to know about the flower before you can understand the cactus, and quite often, trying to identify one cactus not in flower from another is almost impossible because so many have similar characteristics. Just wait until the flowers start, and then you understand exactly what's what, and why some succulents look like cacti, but aren't. Sound confusing? It is, to begin with, but Miles Anderson brings it all to life in this glory of a book, and gradually, all the pieces begin to fall into shape. I would recommend this highly to anyone with an interest in knowing what they're growing, or with a penchant for beautiful photographs. Read his advice carefully, and you'll soon have the blooms for your identification. A lovely book.

I genuinely like this book!
In my never ending quest to find informative, user-friendly guides on houseplants, this one comes up a definite winner!The author's stated intent is to provide a guide to identification and growing, and the entire book is geared to exactly that, with a friendly, informative tone throughout.Read more

Subjects:  1. Gardening    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. House Plants & Indoor    5. Plants - Cacti/Succulents    6. Reference    7. Techniques    8. Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. House plants    2. Reference works