Grow In The Dark: How To Choose And Care For Low-Light Houseplants

Grow In The Dark: How To Choose And Care For Low-Light Houseplants

Grow in the Dark puts the spotlight on 50 of the best houseplants you can grow in your dim or dark apartment. Author Lisa Eldred-Steinkopf, known as the Houseplant Guru, shares the knowledge she?s gained tending to her own personal jungle of over 1,000 houseplants. Having a south-facing window doesn?t always guarantee you the best light to grow plants-especially if your window faces an alley or a tree-lined street. What?s the point of growing an urban jungle if tall buildings are blocking all your sunshine? This compact guide, designed to look as good on your shelf as it is useful, will help youlearn how to make the most of your light?o you can reap the physical and emotional benefits of living with plants. Detailed profiles includetips on watering your plants just right, properlypotting them, andtroubleshooting pests and diseases. You?ll also learn which plants are safe to keep around your pets. Whether you live in a shady top-floor apartment or a dungeon-y garden level, this book will help you grow your plant collection to its healthiest for its Instagram debut.Review"Whether you are shopping for your first houseplant or you are a regular green thumb, "Grow in the Dark" will set you up for plant parent success." - Frau Zinnie" What truly made this plant book shine was the amazing information for each of the plants..." - Budget Earth"Get this book -- and a plant! -- for the green thumb-challenged person in your life." - The Detroit NewsAbout the AuthorLisa Eldred Steinkopf is The Houseplant Guru, who features all things houseplants on her blog, thehouseplantguru.com. She is the author of Houseplants?nd Grow in the Dark?nd has written for HGTVgardens.com, Real Simple magazine, Michigan Gardener Magazine,?he houseplant section of Allan Armitage?s Greatest Perennials and Annuals app, and Michigan Gardening?agazine, where she writes a monthly column. She worked for more than a decade at Steinkopf Nursery as the Annuals and Houseplants Manager, and has been interviewed online, in print, and on TV about houseplants. She harbors well over 1,000 houseplants in her home.