Living with Air Plants

Description

Requiring no soil - just some spritzing, soaking, the right sunlight and good air circulation - air plants work in just about any space. Compatible with succulents and right at home in terrariums, air plants are friendly to talented gardeners and brown thumbs alike. Living With Air Plants shows a vast array of these versatile little plants growing in spaces where you never thought a houseplant could thrive. Showing you everything from basic cultivation to creative display, this handbook and reference gives you all the basics, including info on: The various types and their characteristics Growth cycles and preferred environments Selecting and maintenance Propagating/dividing Providing creative and healthy habitats Enjoying them in just about any kind of space If you despair of ever being able to keep a houseplant alive, or just love the idea of adding some quirky greenery into your life, these are the plants - and this is the book - you need.

Author Yoshiharu Kashima (Protoleaf) is a botanist and media commentator on air plants, succulents and other forms of indoor gardening in his native Japan. He directs purchasing and sales at the Tamagawa branch of Protoleaf Garden Island and manages the Chofu branch of tukuribaGREEN, a specialist plant boutique. Stylist Yukihiro Matsuda (Brocante) is a gardening and lifestyle author, landscape architect, and owner of BROCANTE a Yokohama shop selling antique furniture and home furnishings.

"Kashima, a botanist, and Matsuda, a garden writer, offer a helpful guide to ornamental air plants--species capable of drawing most of the nutrients they require from the air--that's so beautifully photographed it's nearly guaranteed to turn casual page-turners into rabid fanciers of the family Tillandsia...Tillandsia beginners and experts alike will be encouraged and delighted." --Publishers Weekly "Beautifully illustrated throughout, Living with Air Plants is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, and community library Contemporary Gardening instructional reference collections." --Midwest Book Review "Showing you everything from basic cultivation to creative display, this handbook and reference gives you all the basics...If you want fresh ideas for displaying air plants and other houseplants indoors, this book provides helpful tips and beautiful photos. Perfect for those who love an earthy style like I do." --Empress of Dirt blog