Bloom
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-7415-3 (ISBN)
In Bloom, The Houseplant Guru Lisa Eldred Steinkopf unleashes all the secrets on how to grow dozens of indoor plants that produce colorful, intricate, and sometimes fragrant blooms.
*Winner of the GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards Silver Award in the Book Publisher/Producer General Readership Category*
If you’ve ever struggled to get an orchid or African violet to rebloom, or if you’ve hesitated to add plants like hoya, anthurium, Madagascar jasmine, or clivia to your windowsill for fear you may never see their gorgeous flowers, Lisa reveals the insider strategies you need to encourage these plants to strut their stuff. In her signature warm and beginner-friendly tone, she introduces simple techniques you can use to encourage bloom alongside all the ins and outs of caring for these beautiful plants. Lush, full-color photography accompanies each in-depth plant profile.
Upping your houseplant game doesn’t have to involve spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the next trendy leafy-green foliage plant. If you want to expand both your growing skills and the number of specimens in your houseplant family, dive into the world of flowering houseplants instead. New cultivars of old favorites are taking the houseplant world by storm, and other, more unusual, species are now making their way into the limelight, thanks to the interest of millions of new houseplant parents around the world.
Inside the pages of Bloom, you’ll meet:
The best flowering houseplants to cascade from window ledges, hanging pots, and plant shelves
A collection of small blooming houseplants perfect for tabletops, desks, and windowsills
Houseplants with colorful blooms for the living room, dining room, and bedroom
Fill your home with foliage and flowers, and enjoy all the color and calm they’ll add to your living space.
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf is The Houseplant Guru, who features all things houseplants on her blog, thehouseplantguru.com. She is the author of Houseplants and Grow in the Dark and has written for HGTVgardens.com, Real Simple magazine, Michigan Gardener Magazine, the houseplant section of Allan Armitage’s Greatest Perennials and Annuals app, and Michigan Gardening Magazine, 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.
1 Caring for Flowering Houseplants
Light, Potting Medium, Containers, Water, Humidity, Grooming
2 It’s Bloom Time!
Bloom Cycles and Photoperiodism
Fertilizer
Root Systems and Dormancy
Plant Health
3 Flower Portraits
Bromeliads
Aechmea fasciata—Silver Urn
Billbergia species
Guzmania lingulata—Scarlet Star
Tillandsia ionantha—Air Plant
Wallisia cyanea (formerly Tillandsia)—Pink Quill or Blue Flowered Torch
Cacti and Other Succulents
Adenium obesum—Desert Rose or Mock Azalea
Ceropegia species—String of Hearts or Rosary Vine
Cleistocactus winteri—Golden Rat Tail, Cactus or Golden Monkey Tail
Epiphyllum oxypetalum—Queen of the Night or Orchid Cactus
Euphorbia milii—Crown of Thorns or Christ Plant
Hoya species—Wax Plant or Porcelain Flower
Huernia zebrina—Lifesaver Plant or Little Owl Eyes
Orbea variegata (formerly Stapelia)—Starfish Flower or Carrion Flower
Rhipsalis pilocarpa—Hairy-Stemmed Rhipsalis
Gesneriads
Aeschynanthus radicans—Lipstick Plant
Columnea species—Goldfish Plant or Dancing Dolphins
Episcia species—Flame Violet or Peacock Plant
Kohleria species—Kohleria
Nematanthus gregarius—Goldfish Plant or Clog Plant
Primulina species—Vietnamese Violet
Streptocarpus section Saintpaulia (formerly Saintpaulia ionantha)—African Violet
Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella (formerly Streptocarpella saxorum)—Nodding Violet
or False African Violet
Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpus—Cape Primrose
Orchids
Gastrochilus retrocallus (formerly Haraella retrocalla)—Fragrant Mini Orchid
Gomesa echinata (formerly Baptistonia echinata)—Bee Orchid
Ludisia discolor—Jewel Orchid
Paphiopedilum species—Slipper Orchid or Lady Slipper Orchid
Phalaenopsis—Moth Orchid
Holiday Plants
Cyclamen persicum—Florist Cyclamen
Euphorbia pulcherrima—Poinsettia or Christmas Star
Hippeastrum—Amaryllis or Knight’s Star Lily
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana—Flaming Katy or Florist Kalanchoe
Oxalis triangularis—False Shamrock or Good Luck Plant
Schlumbergera species—Holiday Cactus or Christmas Cactus
Stephanotis floribunda—Madagascar Jasmine or Bridal Flower
More Blooms
Anthurium andraeanum—Flamingo Flower or Painter’s Palette
Aphelandra squarrosa—Zebra Plant
Begonia species—Begonia
Citrus species—Citrus
Clerodendrum thomsoniae—Bleeding-Heart Vine or Butterfly Flower
Clivia miniata—Natal Lily
Gardenia jasminoides—Gardenia or Cape Jasmine
Justicia brandegeeana (formerly Beloperone guttata)—Shrimp Plant or False
Medinilla magnifica—Rose Grape or Chandelier Tree
Spathiphyllum—Peace Lily or White Sails
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT T HE AUTHOR
INDEX
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.08.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 175 color photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 721 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7603-7415-5 / 0760374155 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7603-7415-3 / 9780760374153 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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