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How to Keep Your Plants Alive: 50 Plants That Are Impossible to Kill

How to Keep Your Plants Alive: 50 Plants That Are Impossible to Kill

By: Dr. Kit Carlson Save 30%
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Stop guessing and start growing—this practical houseplant survival guide shows you exactly how to keep your indoor plants alive, even if you’ve failed before. Learn simple plant care habits, rescue dying plants, and build a thriving indoor garden with easy, low-maintenance houseplants.

If you’ve ever Googled “why is my plant dying?” or wondered if you’re overwatering (again), you’re not alone. If your plants keep drooping, yellowing, or dying despite your best efforts, the problem isn’t you but the lack of clear, beginner-friendly guidance. Most plant care books overwhelm with jargon—this one simplifies everything.

Designed specifically for beginners, this indoor plant care guide focuses on resilient, hard-to-kill plants and practical, real-life solutions for busy people.

In this go-to plant care manual you’ll find:

  • 50+ beginner houseplants that are easy to care for and hard to kill
  • Step-by-step indoor plant care tips for watering, light, and plant health
  • Clear warning signs for overwatering, underwatering, and plant stress
  • Proven strategies to revive struggling or dying houseplants
  • Beautiful illustrations and quick-reference plant profiles

Whether you live in a small apartment, have low light, or just forget sometimes, this guide meets you where you are. Perfect for beginners, busy lifestyles, and anyone who wants greenery without the overwhelm, this guide helps you turn uncertainty into confidence.

  • Contributor(s): Dr. Kit Carlson
  • About the Contributor(s): Dr. Kit Carlson earned her PhD in Plant Microbiology and Pathology at the University of Missouri, and conducted her post-doctoral research at Virginia Tech, focused on molecular diagnostics of plant disease. Kit has been a botany professor for nearly two decades. During her tenure she has served thousands of students and developed and instructed more than fifteen different plant science courses. She and her students have conducted and published research on a wide range of topics, including plant disease, medicinal plants, ethnobotany, public land, science education, and more.
  • ISBN-13 9781646434282
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 208
  • Dimensions: 8.05(h) x 6.0(w) x 0.85(d) inches
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