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

Reading the sample pages and looking at the product photos, I thought this book would just be a beautiful way to keep me from having to sort through my webpage bookmarks on basic propagation. It does fulfill that need, but its honestly more detailed and nuanced than I expected! I knew this had ~200 pages, but I expected a lot of them to be filled with trendy Planthaus photos. I loved being mistaken, and now the authors' blog is added to my bookmarks (oh the irony).-- It has thorough step-by-step photographs for a variety of plant types, rather than species, so you can learn to identify which way your plant grows and how to best make more (i.e., by suckers/runners, rootball division, leaf/stem cuttings, etc.). There is a handy houseplant table to refer back to if you forget which species is most easily propagated by each method.-- Each tutorial is kept to about 1-2 pages, so if you just need a refresher you can get it quickly by photos or captions. For each project, it lists the tools and items you'll need at the beginning of the page, like a little plantlet recipe with ingredients, so you can set up your area before you get started.-- Quick, yet excellent, information at the beginning for items you can make or that you might have at your house and can repurpose or upcycle to make "root boosters", compost, and mini propagation chambers.-- Techniques like air vs ground layering, grafting, root pruning. The tutorial on leaf vein cuttings was explained differently than I had previously learned (somehow neater and possibly more area to root?) so I'm excited to try that next.-- A small section on tropical fruiting-type seedlings (mangos + date palm) was a fun touch, as well as a little bit about pruning and the most common plant problems and their basic solutions. A few cute DIY gift-type tutorials are also nicely included.The only real criticism I can give is that the font is small-ish, but I suppose that was the sacrifice for the handy size of the book. I can read it fine, but I could see some doing a little squint when they thumb through.

Fun read and great information

Such a fun and relatable book. Information and how-to sections are easy and great resources.Great for beginner plant growers!

This book is hands down the most informative and most aesthetically pleasing book I have ever read on plant propagation! I learned so much from reading it and have a ton of pages book marked for future reference. These ladies know what they’re talking about. I’m a plant instagrammer and will definitely use this book to make more plant babies to write about in my posts .

A lot of knowledge I got out of this book. Highly recommend it

Easy and enjoyable read. Good mix of technique, instruction, and DIY. Lovely pictures. Techniques for propagation are clearly and logically layer out step by step.Please keep in mind that some of the materials featured are available in the UK but not so easily found in the States. However, it is easy to find equivalents.

Great info for beginners. Reference for a lot of different types of plants. A good starting place for sure! Also a beautiful book with nice pictures and paper.

Awesome read, captivating illustrations 5 star book!

I am not novice with houseplants but not an expert either. This is the book that has a lot of actual helpful information that I will refer to many times from now on, and at the same time will make a nice coffee table book suitable for just flipping through with a lot of beautiful pictures. I also have another book of this authors (House of Plant) which is also a brilliant book. Definitely recommend for any plant lovers.

What a godsend this book is plain straight reading very easy to read and understand that way you can get on with seeing to some planting rather spending time trying to understand some of the other books I know have got 3 sitting on my book shelves. Would recommend it to everybody if they what to to learn about about succulents.

As a self confessed plant freak, I’m always on the look out for books that take me a step further. I learnt so much from this wonderful book. It’s easy to follow, well set out, beautifully photographed, and simplifies the art of propagation. Used many times already, I’m sure it will be a go to any time I need a new plant and want to experiment with a new technique.

My new plant loving companion. It’s detailed with instructions and photos. It’s helped me successfully grow plants from cuttings 🌱

A gorgeous book with exquisite pictures and high quality layout. Lots of time has been taken to make it a joy to read/behold. The content speaks for itself, informative, wholesome, joyous.