Garden Trade News, May 01
The traditional Experts are bibles for many in the trade
Sunday Express, June 3 01
Although they don’t look as sexy as a hardback on roof gardens, they are where you turn to for help
The Guardian, 11 August 01
The ever-selling Dr Hessayon, of whose no-nonsense guides the books pages thoroughly approve
The Garden, May 01
Admirable
Book Description
The world's best-selling book on house plants
Product Description
The House Plant Expert is the best-selling book on house plants, with complete coverage of all major types of house plant, with advice on how to keep your plants healthy, how to display your plants, dealing with pests & problems - even how to get more house plants for free. If you keep house plants (and who doesn't) you'll need this book!
From the Back Cover
The world's best-selling book on houseplants.
* Hundreds of houseplants illustrated in full colour in the exhaustive A-Z listing.
* Each plant listing includes a quick reference 'secrets of success'.
* Chapters on choosing the right plants for the environment, displaying plants, plant classification, propagation and pests and diseases.
About the Author
Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement 'Oscar' at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as 'Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s'. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.
