INTRODUCTION
indoors: bulbs, blossoms, and branches
AN AMATEUR'S GUIDE TO INDOOR PLANTS
WHAT YOU DON'T NEED
WHAT YOU DO NEED
EASY DOES IT
CHAPTER ONE
hardy bulbs: the forced
GETTING A HANDLE ON HARDY BULBS
THE GENTLE ART OF PERSUASION
PROVENANCE COUNTS
BEYOND THE BASICS
THE NARCISSUS QUESTION
POTTING-UP DAY
COURAGEOUS CHILLING METHODS
PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING
CHAPTER TWO
tender bulbs: the unforced
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
SUMMER COMES TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
MAKING IT MOIST
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS
BREAKING DORMANCY
BACK TO SLEEP
HOW TO BUY TENDER BULBS
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
TENDERS IN THE SUMMER GARDEN
TILL NEXT YEAR
CHAPTER THREE
house plants: filling in the gaps
HOUSEPLANTS FOR HEDONISTS
THE RIGHT PLANT IN THE RIGHT PLACE
HOW TO PICK AND BE PICKY
TWO SUREFIRE WAYS TO KILL A PLANT
PETS IN POTS
CHAPTER FOUR
twigs & branches: also forced
BRANCHING OUT: FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: GATHERING YOUR MATERIAL
SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES
A GENTLE UNFURLING
BRANCHING OUT
CHAPTER FIVE
cuttings: new beginnings
MORE PLANTS FOR LESS MONEY
WHAT ROOTS WHEN, AND HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
THE ESSENTIALS OF CODDLING
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
APPENDIX
RESOURCE GUIDE
