Just Jennifer

The Unexpected Houseplant by Tovah Martin (Timber Press, September 2012)

As the outdoor growing season is beginning to wind down, Tovah Martin’s book of inspired houseplants for each season will inspire gardeners to bring some of their plants indoors and turn their green thumbs to more unusual houseplant varieties, both practical and beautiful.  In addition to profiling some of the rarer and more unusual houseplants (Martin unabashedly and unapologetically ignores the tried and true spider plant) Martin gives some unusual ways to display our newly found treasures and any problems we might encounter as we nurture our plants.  Two or three descriptive pages, loads of glorious photographs and a concise column of pertinent information make this a quick handy guide as well as one to dream and drool over.  Martin’s style is chatty, and includes many of her opinions and experiences with these plants making thumbing through this like having a conversation with an old friend.  The author of over a dozen gardening books, Martin makes selecting a new houseplant and learning to care for it as painless as the enjoyment the plant will bring for years to come.