This book was much more than I expected! It offers so much advice, from basic tips to technical and scientific information that explain the why's. It's obvious the author is an expert and passionate about helping plant owners be successful with their indoor flowering plants. The first part of the book, about 50 pages are on caring for the plants, and then over 100 pages on individual flowering houseplants with a description and details on light, watering, flowers, propagation, and toxicity. There is also a chart of indoor plant pests and their control, resources, and an index that includes both common and scientific names. This is an amazing resource that I highly recommend to plant lovers!

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Unlike many other "how to" books about houseplants, this book focuses on flowering house plants and will provide the reader with some lesser known species to consider. As a life-long gardener, I found several that I'd not thought of as potential house plants. The first portion of the book focuses on basic house plant how-to, such as pots, soil, watering, fertilizing, etc. Then, the rest of the book contains profiles of flowering house plants, with specific instructions for the care and propagation of that particular house plant. Beautiful photographs make each profile even more appealing. I also appreciated that each profile included information about availability (can it be found in a typical garden center? requires special order?) and toxicity to pets and humans. It actually made me, a mom to three cats, consider having houseplants again! I really couldn't find anything I'd change about the book. It will be a great resource for anyone who wants to have some flowering plants indoors.

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As a long-time gardener, I was happy to read this excellent book on raising blooming houseplants in my home. From clivia to orchids, from African violets to hoyas, this is such a great book full of the author's knowledge and hints.

This is a really amazing book, which is jam packed full of beautiful photographs and decorations, all about house plants. It is a really stunning and delightful book, which has so much knowledge and light in it. It goes into detail about a lot of different types of plants, and how you can care for them. This is a fantastic book, which I highly recommend for all plant lovers, and I think this would make the perfect gift for your gardening friends and family.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for this book.

Bloom:
The secrets of growing flowering houseplants year-round
by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
Quarto Publishing Group – Cool Springs Press,
Pub Date: Aug 9

I have no green thumbs, but BLOOM convinced me that I could grew gorgeous orchids, African violets, and other splendid specimens as houseplants and make them thrive. BLOOM's photos are beautiful, the instructions are easy to follow, and I can "see" my home transformed into a glorious garden. Highly recommended!

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Beautiful and informative book on looking after flowering house plants. The information is practical and easy to understand including potting, feeding, dormancy, flower, light, watering and much, much more. The second part of the book introduces individual flowering plants and information on their specific needs. A beautiful book, both as plant manual and coffee table book. Thanks you NetGalley and the publishers for the DRC

This is a well illustrated, very detailed book on flowering houseplants. I was a little disappointed that it is like most houseplant books in that it ignores easy and affordable flowering plants that you can bring inside all winter that are traditionally thought of as outside plants, like geraniums. I love having pots of geraniums in all colors blooming all winter, and they happily thrive inside as houseplants until they return outside for me in late spring here in Minnesota. This focuses on the trendier, more expensive, traditional blooming houseplants. It reminded me of those craft books that give you so much detailed information that it feels a little overwhelming and like maybe you don't want to take up that hobby after all, but houseplant lovers of a more sensible sort will no doubt love it.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

I absolutely loved this book from front to back as an avid plant lover. The illustrations are just gorgeous and really inspired me to want to go out and buy more plants! This gives so much helpful advice on how to care for your houseplants and was full of useful knowledge. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to Net Galley, the publisher, and author for providing this book in exchange for my honest review. I love the title of this book and all of the photographs. This is such a beautiful book and it is full of helpful information for anyone interested in encouraging houseplants to thrive. This book includes a wide variety of houseplants. I especially appreciated the information about bromeliads, shrimp plants, and holiday cacti. I had never really considered citrus as a houseplant, but I do now after learning more about their needs. I also appreciated how this book provides tips on watering, light, and potting mediums for each type of plant. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves plants. Thank you again to Net Galley, the publisher, and author for providing this book for my review.

I really liked this book, but wished the pictures of the plants had shown more leaves. I know the title is Bloom and that's the focus of the book, but seeing pictures of the leaves along with the flowers would help for identifying the plants.

This book is really useful! I keep a lot of house plants but I’m never too sure if I’m doing right by them. This book breaks down all the basic care needed as well as talking through more specifically a huge number of different plants. Great to flick through and find the plant you need as it’s packed full of photos to help identify the plants!