If you have ever wanted to grow anything or multiply the plants you already have, start with this book! The author is knowledgeable and passionate about horticulture. Her instructions are clear, easy to follow and accompanied by helpful photographs.

If you consider yourself a serious home gardener, then this book is what you truly need. It’s full of information on finding the right species to use, soil, light, and water to be successful at propagation. Mostly focusing on outdoor plants, flowers, and vegetables, this book explains the best ways to avoid disappointment and failures and waste your time and money. Consider this book fertilizer for the mind.

This book was beyond informative. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pick up a shovel and a pile of dirt or go to the nearest home improvement store. The author has great ideas about how to get more plants when you have access to one. Weather it’s from collecting seeds after the growing season to cloning your favorite plant, this book has it all. The beginning reads more like a science book but the back third has informative pictures to help explain. I wish there were more pictures throughout the book like that. This book is definitely for someone who loves growing plants and has a background in gardening, possibly a little botany. It’s not exactly a beginners book. Plant parenting is written from a botanist’s point of reference, not the occasional gardener, but it is still informative enough that one could bridge the gap if they were so inclined. Just possibly with more trial and error. All in all, an entertaining, illuminating read.
Thank you, Net galley, for the opportunity to review this arc and post a review.

This provided a lot of helpful background and went into arenas I didn’t even realize existed in the plant propagating world. As a total beginner, there were still parts that felt interesting to me, and other parts that felt totally over my head. I think that means this book is one that would be useful to many and that you could grow with as you tried out more and learned more. At the same time, all of the tools (there was some very fancy lighting set ups!) made me feel like maybe this wasn’t something I could actually do.. because I know my set up will not be that!!

There was a ton of photos with captions on what was going on for the plants which was helpful and informative. I will say I had hoped that there would be specific pages for popular plants with tips on what to do just for them. For example, I would’ve loved a ‘beginners’ section with plants that were relatively easy and maybe a highlighted brief on three of them and how to propagate them with decent success. The book was organized differently than that, which is totally fair, but maybe just didn’t suit my needs as much as I had wanted. I suppose there is the internet for that.

Anyways, I am glad I read and thanks for the publishers and Netgalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Plant Parenting is the perfect resource book for anyone who enjoys plants and to propagate them successfully.
The very first plant cutting I took was from my mother’s house. Twenty years after her death, her plant is still alive and heathy sitting on my windowsill. I was fortunate to have this living memory become a part of my household. I haven’t had much success with other plants I tried to propagate, such as succulents. But after reading this book, I realized my mistakes and look forward to future successes.

The author wrote a well researched book with detailed instructions and photographs. This is a great resource to have on hand whether you are interested in propagating garden plants and flowers… or simply just cutting a houseplant to procure a memory.

This beautifully illustrated book covers some basic botany, as well as all aspects of propagation, including a table with preferred methods of propagation for a variety of different plants, descriptions of a variety of growing media and potting options, the use of rooting powder, humidity domes, heat mats, automatic propagators, and lighting and temperature requirements, Not limited to houseplants, instructions are also included on starting annuals, edibles, and perennials from seed and spores, including a table with ideal germination temperatures for a variety of seeds. .Also covered are feeding, rooting cuttings in water, layering, cane and leaf cuttings, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, and vegetative propagation, as well as recognizing and dealing with pests and diseases.

Beautiful! The photography is gorgeous, the usage of a plain white page is genius, making the photography crisp and it just pops off the page. Additionally, the photographs are very instructional, showing what plants should look like, and what they shouldn't. The font could be a little bigger, especially for the photos, but now I'm just quibbling. Great addition, especially at this time of year.

I can't recommend this highly enough if you are like me and looking to experiment with the process of creating your ideal garden. I collect seeds everywhere, order from online and have little cups of water rooting spider plants all around my house. This has expanded my understanding of how certain plants will propagate and the right tools to do so. The pictures are instructive, and some of the homemade containers are really interesting. If a plant can reproduce in any way, I feel like this book covers it. It covers everything you need to know about starting from seed, or grafting, or even creating hybrids. Even better, more modern plants are covered like the now popular Pass It On Plant, which I have seen covered in only a few recent books. Reading this has greatly increased the likelihood that every inch of my living space is going to look like a plant nursery this spring.

Various methods of propagation are discussed along with when each method would be preferred. Handy charts are included for determining which plants can be propagated in which ways, ideal temperatures for seed germination for various popular plants and common plant pests and diseases. I appreciated that the author includes not only products sold specifically for plants, but also includes many repurposed items that do the job just as well. Each propagation method is covered clearly along with illustrative photos. This would be an excellent resource for a gardener or houseplant enthusiast.

Thank you to Timber Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Review will post to my blog on 6/10/2019 at www.simplystashless.com

This is a fantastic resource for anyone who ever wanted to make more plants -- whether that's by taking cuttings of a friend's houseplant, growing flowers from seeds, dividing a crowded bunch of irises, rooting fallen leaves from succulents or more difficult processes.

As a gardener and houseplant lover, I am fairly educated on making new plants. I've transplanted elderberry runners into my back yard, rooted geranium cuttings from the post office to make a bunch of pretty summer plants for the garden, divided crowded perennials, rooted countless houseplant cuttings in water, rooted roses for swaps with other gardeners, and so on. There have always been a few plants that thwarted me, though, and I was happy to see such detailed instructions for all kinds of plants and all kinds of ways to propagate them.

The book is full of step-by-step instructions for every kind of plant propagation, helpful charts and full color photos. It also covers topics like grow lights, common pests and problems, humidity and the science of the whole business.

This is the kind of book that I'd refer to often for my home and garden, and would also be helpful for teaching kids about botany and plant propagation. Highly recommended.

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

This fun guide goes beyond the basics to educate and equip plant owners who want to propagate their house plants. The author gives in depth yet straightforward instructions, aided by clear drawings and photographs. All process are outlined step by step. This definitely provides a ton more information than I expected to get when I selected the book, and will be a great reference book for plant owners to keep on hand.