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Care for Houseplants: Additional Resources

This guide covers the library's house plant borrowing program and plant care information.

Books on Plant Care

Root Nurture Grow by Caro Langton; Rose Ray; Erika Raxworthy (Photographer)
ISBN: 9781787132184
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Plantopedia by Lauren Camilleri; Sophia Kaplan
ISBN: 1925811778
Publication Date: 2020-10-27
Botany Illustrated by Janice Glimn-Lacy; Peter B. Kaufman
ISBN: 0387288759
Publication Date: 2006-10-14
Air Plants by David H. Benzing
ISBN: 9780801450433
Publication Date: 2012-06-15
Tiny Game Hunting by Hilary Dole Klein; Adrian M. Wenner; Courtlandt Johnson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780520221079
Publication Date: 2001-06-29

Helpful Websites

Garden, Landscape, and Horticulture Index Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is a bibliographic database, providing indexing and abstracts for articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, horticultural therapy, and a special focus on environmentally sustainable horticultural and design practices. Date range: approximately 1964-2024 
Additional information about the content and use of the database is available from EBSCOhost Help pages

Selecting the Right Houseplant

Vassar's Greenhouse Contact Information

Greenhouse Manager: Alicia Contelmo

Phone: (845) 437-7414

Email: acontelmo@vassar.edu

Plant Identification Resources

Practical Plant Identification by James Cullen
ISBN: 0521678773
Publication Date: 2006-09-14
Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter Del Tredici; Steward T. A. Pickett (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781501740442
Publication Date: 2020-03-15
Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants by Lewis S. Nelson; Richard D. Shih; Michael J. Balick; The New York Botanical Garden
ISBN: 9781493989249
Publication Date: 2020-05-19