Root, Nurture, Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants

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Life with a potted plant is undeniably better. And better yet isthe ability to grow and replicate new, healthy houseplants without ever having to visit a garden centre again. Learn to share, swap and celebrate the miraculous methods of multiplying all of your favourites at almost no cost at all.

And heres the secret: its really, really easy.

Plants are designed to multiply. They spread their roots, send off inquisitive shoots, and regenerate themselves in all sorts of exciting and unexpected ways without any help. Even for the beginner indoor gardener, a single leaf can hold enough life to be successfully grown into a brand new plant.

WithRoot, Nurture, Grow, youll quickly discover how to propagate any houseplant, take cuttings, cultivate runners and offsets, divide plants at the roots and even grow brand new root systems in the air. Youll learn pruning methods that produce no waste, organic rooting mediumrecipes, and eventually enjoy gifting and swapping newly grown greenery with friends, family and other houseplant hoarders youll meet along the way.

As well as myriad propagation methods, the book includes practical DIY projects to better nurture and display your plant family, including a homemade propagation chamber and simple self-watering planters.

Author Bio

Rose Ray and Caro Langton run a successful green interior company called RO CO. They offer advice on how to bring green into urban spaces, as well as run an online shop specialising in airplants, macram hangers and himmelis. They supply high end concept stores and sell their products through stockists in Europe, the US and Australia. They are the authors of the international hit,House of Plants.