Houseplants for Beginners

Ms. Steinkopf does an incredible job of relaying detailed information on houseplants. I have read many beginner books on houseplants, and this one by far has packed the most in-depth information for those new to houseplants, or for those who wish to better care for their plant companions. I have almost eighty houseplants of my own, and it was interesting to find out things that I did not know before about some of them. I would definitely recommend this book for those beginning their plant journey, or for those who made need a few tips. Colorful images also add to the appeal of this book.

What a great find this book was! First off, Eldred Steinkopf assures us that there is no such thing as a green thumb. Music to my ears!
This book has everything a beginner need but includes enough to keep an intermediately experiences hobbyist's interested as well. The guide is broken into 5 sections including Planting, Watering/Fertilizer, Lighting, Problem Solving and final chapter on Plant Profiles. I found all to be helpful but loved the problem solving and the fantastic index at the end which included plants organized by care difficulty. If you have a plant or two in your home, this book is the guide for you!
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I love this book. The cover is beautiful and it specifically indicates it's for beginners.
Plants are beautiful, but they are also good for you. They help oxygenate your room.

This book has two sections. Basic care information and individual plant information. In the latter section, it shows 5-6 interesting facts light, watering, flower, size and propagation. The photos are beautiful and very helpful. The first half of the book is knowledge and care. There are smaller photos with specific information.

This book for the beginner that is interested in bringing a plant into their home or office. Even people that have plants, may need additional information.

This book would make a lovely gift and pare it with a plant.

There is a lot to read here. The pictures are well made, step by step it explains how gardening is easy, even for beginners. I can only recommend the book.

Like a lot of people during the pandemic, the amount of plants in my living space seemed to multiply overnight. There was just something soothing and distracting about having something you could watch grow and thrive while it felt like the rest of the world was falling apart. There wasn't a plan, and, in fact, a few of the plants I acquired weren't suited to my only-sunny-sometimes apartment. Since then, I've moved, acquired more plants, and kept my eyes out for tips to help me make sure my plants thrive (and that I actually know what I'm doing when acquiring new plants). This is the book I wish I had two years ago, but it's still incredibly welcome now. With tips for how to handle all different types of watering, to when and how to repot a plant (something I am /constantly/ wondering), to how to figure what kind of light exposure your windows actually get, to dealing with pests, this really does have everything. About half the book is short profiles on popular houseplants and how to deal with them, but the other half is general tips that will help any plant parent handle any collection they may have.

One thing that would have been helpful to have in the plant profile section is a yes or no whether or not the plant is toxic to pets or children, but since that's a fairly easy search, it's not a big deal. But it's a good reminder that a lot of popular and easy to care for houseplants need some additional considerations (I've had to label some of my pots to remind myself to wear long gloves, since my skin reacts to handling those plants).

Even for an experienced houseplant grower there are some great tidbits of advice here. I really liked the section on repotting and up-potting, since the author explains the reasons behind the process and what can happen if you up-pot to pot that's too big for your plant.

The book walks you through best watering practices, drainage, fertilizing, trimming, and propagating your plants. I found the section on trimming to be the most helpful for me, as I've always wondered if I should, when I should, and how much was too much. There are chapters on natural and electric light, problem solving, and types of plant pests and how to deal with them.

Finally, the book ends with plant profiles rated by ease of growing. There are beautiful photos for each variety and extensive information including light preferences, watering, flower, size, and propagation for each time.

This is truly a beautiful gift for yourself or a friend.

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Cool Springs Press for an advance reader's copy.

I am new to houseplants so this helps a lot and I will definitely be referring back to it. Very informative with an almost idiots guide which was fantastic. Would highly recommend

Despite an appealing clean layout, and color photographs, the text is the real gem of this title. In detail, and without word salad, the author goes into how to choose, and care for your new plants.

I’ve grown outside stuff for years, and have talked about growing stuff indoors for ages, but tend to get overwhelmed (is it pet safe? Is it relatively simple to care for?). Historically, I’ve had a black thumb for indoor plants as in every time I’ve tried I wind up with the same result - nearly dead plants that I wind up giving to better houseplant parents so they don’t meet an early demise. The sense of overwhelm combined with my black thumb has frozen me for a long time but this book helped calm my worries and lead me toward the plant store once again with hope.



Thank you to New Shoe Press and NetGalley for the DRC!

Houseplants for Beginner’s
The Complete Guide to Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Indoor Plants
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
For me there is something special about having a house plant to nurture. I love African Violets for their beautiful blooms and Wandering Jew for the variety of leaves and color. Plants add a sense of home to a house. Plants have an added benefit of cleaning the air.
Be prepared to get your hands dirty. The time comes when the plant you have nurtured will need to be repotted. You will need to assess whether the plant is root-bound or undernourished. Does the plant need new pot to match your décor? Author Lisa Eldred Steinkopf offers a list of potting supplies and discusses repotting and up-potting. There are photos to help the reader understand the process.
When you are just beginning to raise houseplants, you may ask yourself when do I water my plant and how much. Equally important is how much fertilizer should I use. Some plants require more water than others, some plants are watered from the bottom and others from the top, with some plants you should avoid getting water on their leaves.
In the winter I like to use a plant light on my leafy friends. Some plants take more light than others. Some plants need indirect light while others like direct sunlight. You also need to consider whether your plant will receive east, west, north or south light.
Houseplants can get pests! How dare a mite attack one of my precious house plants. It is best to quarantine a new houseplant for about a month to determine if it has any unwanted pests and to protect your other plants. There are also diseases and other damage to watch for.
Some plants are easy to grow and some not so easy. The author has divided the plants into “three groups, easy to grow, moderately easy to grow, and challenging to grow.” Just because a plant is easy to grow doesn’t mean you can neglect the plant completely and neither does it mean the plant is undesirable. Air plants are supposed to be one of the easiest to grow and yet I have very little luck with them. An African Violet is in the moderately easy to grow group. They are a small plant preferring an east window and a plant light. Keep the plant medium consistently moist. Since this is a book for beginners the author does not focus on hard to raise plants.
Well written, chockfull of information that even a seasoned plant lover can learn from.

Such a fun book! It was so helpful! It had great lists of houseplants, had them categorized and how to take care of each. It had categories of easiest to harder. The pictures and graphics were adorable and so eye catching!

This is an excellent reference book for beginner houseplant parents. It has great tips in the first part of the book that I had to scour the internet for when I first started. The houseplants chosen to be included in the second part of the book as east to moderate care and include the care instructions as well as other pertinent details.

A great resource to have on your shelf.

This book will be quite useful to novices who want to have happy houseplants. Those with some experience may also find that they learn something in these pages.

Following a useful introduction this book is broken down into sections on planting, watering & fertilizer, lighting, problem solving, and plant profiles.

I liked the author’s encouraging and low key style. She is a good guide. Her text is accompanied by both photos and helpful graphics.

I especially liked the information on plants that are easy to grow. In that way, a gardener can be set up for success.

Highly recommended to those who want to be surrounded by healthy plants.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this title.

I recently started my plant mom journey, so to have this guide at my fingertips is so helpful. And it breaks everything down to make it easy to pick the best plant and how to take care of the ones you already have. Highly, highly recommend to all plant parents new and okd

Thank You NetGalley for digital ebook arc.

I loved this book. Labeled for beginners, I think this book has something for those who have more experience as well. I loved the pictures throughout the book and the front cover. The author does a great job of breaking down each chapter. She gives information that is very detailed, but not overwhelming. I also enjoyed the breakdown into individual plants and information on watering, fertilizing, propagating, diseases, etc. This is a book to keep rereading and reference when having plant questions.

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As someone who’s always had a black thumb, this guide is invaluable and a staple in my home from this day forward.

It shows you how to choose the right plants for your space and lifestyle. Some plants are easy and some are way too complicated.
This guide teaches you the specific needs of each plant species you may chose. It teaches you how to care for the plants including light, soil, and watering basics. I found out the plants I have had were WAY overwatered.

Such a great, engaging, helpful tool!

as a new indoor plant owner this is going to really help me keep my plants alive and also teach me about other house plants. I highly recommend if your looking for something to help you care of your indoor plants.

Houseplants for Beginners is a very good book for people like myself who don't really have much success in keeping houseplants alive for long.
It is easy to understand with lots of photographs. I particularly liked the way that the book is set out, it flows logically which made it easier to follow.

Great book on houseplants. Chapters are on Planting, Watering and Fertilizer, Lighting, Problem Solving, and then the biggest is Plant Profiles. There are lots of photos throughout, so this truly will work for beginners. The plant profiles are fantastic - they have photos, light preference, watering, flower, size, and propagation. If something has multiple cultivars, there's extra info. There's also two sections - easy to grow, and moderately easy to grow.
I recommend this book and think it will be super useful.

This book is very well put together and detailed. Great for beginners and even those like me that have some experience with houseplants but still need a bit of help. I love how this was put together.

There is this basic guide on the plantation process. Author kept it very simple and useful. She took care of every single element important in planting a sapling.

Here she included many plants that can be planted to keep in house and decorate the area with greenery. There were names of the plants that looks good in houses.

5 sections divided the method into:
Planting
Watering/Fertilizer
Lighting
Problem Solving
Plant Profiles

Well, this is one of the few acts I would like to get my hands dirty in. There is a depth in explaining briefly about which plants demands sunlight from which direction. Some need direct and some even needs indirect sunlight also. One need to watch for pest control also, and saving plants from pests by keeping them quarantine.

I liked this guide-book for it made me learn some new things from the ones I already trying while gardening.

It's a good book if you want your own indoor garden its simple and easy to understand. I think it would make a good coffee table book as well

I am relatively new in the field of houseplants and in the last two years since started my own collection of plants I killed at least two plants. I usually buy plants and then search online, only to discover that they are of the difficult kind. Houseplants for Beginners is a good resource for anyone starting their houseplant journey. Indeed, having your own indoors garden is a great idea, but it requires attention,dedication and the right information. I was able to find a lot of information ahout watering and re-potting,as well as a detailed selection of different plants and how to treat them well. I wish I knew it as I was starting my journey, but nevertheless, it is never too late to get the proper expertise from the right source.

This is absolutely brilliant. Definitely a great choice to give to anyone who is challenged by houseplants. Perfect gift for a novice grower too. Good photos and descriptions and great advice on how to improve your plants.

I truly regret not having come across Houseplants for Beginners before embarking on my journey with houseplants! This book is an indispensable resource for all houseplant owners. It offers a comprehensive guide that caters to beginners while also providing valuable insights to keep intermediate enthusiasts engaged. The book is structured into two sections: the first covers fundamental care information, and the second delves into specifics about individual plants.

In the specifics section, readers will find a wealth of information, including facts about each plant, covering aspects like lighting requirements, watering guidelines, flowering patterns, size expectations, and propagation techniques. The book is adorned with stunning and highly informative photographs, making it an invaluable visual aid. The initial half of the book focuses on imparting essential knowledge and care tips, supplemented with smaller photos and precise details for easy reference. Houseplants for Beginners is a must-have guide that ensures your houseplants thrive and flourish, making it an essential companion for plant enthusiasts of all levels.