Growing Houseplants in Temperate and Cool Climates

An eminently practical book especially written for South-eastern Australia and New Zealand.

Ross James, a contributor to Your Garden and owner of a house plant nursery, has made a careful selection of over a hundred plants which are especially suitable for and proven successes in temperate and cool climates

There are:

• Hints on care - easy care tables
• Notes on cultivation and propagation
• Plants to grow for special foliage effects
• Plants to grow for their flowers
• Advice on the selection of plants for specific situations
• Pests and diseases and how to prevent them
• Plants for hanging baskets terrariums, ferneries, and for bringing indoors temporarily
  
• Quick reference tables

Each plant is illustrated, and coded for its particular needs, its light, temperature and water requirements its special features, and whether it is casy to grow or more difficult.