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Ready to grow with confidence? The New Complete Guide to Houseplants, written by Costa Farms horticulturist Justin Hancock, delivers practical, real-world advice to help you grow healthier plants at home.
Instead of relying on strict rules that don’t always fit your home, this guide shows you how to understand what your plants need—and how to adjust based on your space, light, and environment. Whether you’re caring for your first pothos or expanding a collection of tropicals, the book helps take the guesswork out of indoor gardening.
Inside, you’ll find clear guidance on lighting, watering, humidity, feeding, propagation, troubleshooting, and more—all explained in a way that feels approachable, not overwhelming. Full-color photography and real-world examples make this a resource you’ll come back to again and again.
Justin helps readers understand not just what to do, but why plants respond the way they do—so plant owners can make better decisions and grow plants that thrive, not just survive.
Why It Works
- Breaks down plant care into clear, usable decisions—not guesswork
- Covers both beginner basics and more advanced growing topics
- Helps readers better understand watering, lighting, and humidity indoors
- Includes guidance for propagation, repotting, and troubleshooting
- Helps readers diagnose problems and correct them with confidence
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Written by a trusted Costa Farms horticulture expert
Topics Covered
Lighting
Learn how to better understand bright, indirect light, lower-light spaces, and how window placement impacts plant growth indoors.
Watering
Avoid common mistakes like overwatering by learning how plants actually use moisture—and how to adjust based on your environment.
Humidity & Environment
See how temperature, airflow, and humidity affect tropical houseplants and learn practical ways to improve growing conditions at home.
Propagation & Repotting
Follow clear steps for propagating plants and moving them into new containers with less stress and better outcomes.
Troubleshooting
Identify common plant issues including yellowing leaves, brown tips, pests, and stalled growth before they become larger problems.
Plant Selection
Find plants that match your lighting conditions, space, and experience level so you can set yourself up for success from the start.
Quick Tips
- Great for both first-time plant parents and experienced collectors
- Helps readers learn how to “read” their plants more confidently
- Designed as a quick reference, not just a cover-to-cover read
- Modern photography makes the content as inspiring as it is practical
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About the Author
Justin Hancock is a horticulturist and plant expert with Costa Farms who has spent years helping people grow healthier, happier plants indoors and out. Known for translating plant science into approachable, real-world guidance, he has helped educate millions of plant owners through articles, videos, plant care resources, and educational content designed to make plant care accessible to everyone.
Ready to take your indoor garden further? The New Complete Guide to Houseplants transforms uncertainty into confidence, giving readers the tools to grow healthier plants with less stress and more success.
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★★★★★ 3
Weird translation
Format: Paperback
Good content but the translation is a bit off. Dont know if I can trust the information in it completely. Still okay for the price i guess
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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2025
★★★★★ 5
A letter of Gratitude to Irv Yalom for Creatures of a Day.
Format: Hardcover
Dear Irv Yalom,
This letter is a declaration of gratitude for your newly published book, Creatures of a Day, and the artful legacy you’ve bestowed upon the field of psychotherapy. In the era of fast technology and mass production, your attention to relationship and the handcrafted nature of therapy is a life line. In all of your 50 years as a psychotherapist, you didn’t sell out for clinical blueprints and formulaic approaches. Instead, you opted to stay true to what you knew--the here and now, the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and your own internal thoughts and experiences as essential elements for your work with clients. Creatures of a Day waves a flag and asks us to take notice. It invites us back into the mystery of our work and reminds us to celebrate our humanness. Your masterful story telling allows us to see you and your clients in action, mistakes and vulnerabilities included, and shares pivotal moments that will provoke thoughtful learning for generations of therapists. So thank you for this.
You show us your mistakes
You see, your books (especially Love’s Executioner and Creatures of a Day) let us into your thoughts and experiences. We get to hear you talk to yourself and occasionally grapple with doubt. We get to know your own vulnerabilities and how they influence your therapeutic relationships. This is such a rare view. And I am hungry for it. There are too few books, too few videos, and fewer workshops or trainings that offer this kind of perspective for therapists. We don’t get to see masters make mistakes. We don’t get to hear supervisors or consultants narrate their doubts. So, I consider your book an invitation to write about my own similar encounters in my work. And to continue to make this kind of conversation central to my trainings and retreats for therapists. Thank you for the inspiration and the permission.
You offer central themes and an individualized perspective
As a collection of psychotherapy tales, I think of Creatures of a Day as a series. Like a series of paintings that are created around central themes, your tales invite us to look at the existential themes of aging, death, and connectedness. And, just like a painting series, each reader will take with them a message that is individualized and of unique importance to him/her. In this way, you are truly exhibiting your art as a writer and a psychotherapist. In Creatures of a Day, two patients read the same book and take from it a very different, but beautifully applicable, message. A nurse perceives the angry words she hissed to her dying patient completely opposite of the way in which they were received by the woman she was treating. And a case that you filed away as a blunder turns out to have been a life changer that is only revealed about a decade or so later. This is a reminder to me that while we can’t predict how our art is received, we can in fact commit to creating and collaborating in the very best way we can.
You invite humanness and the art of relationship
I’d like to let you know that in addition to the invitation to write about my experience as a therapist, I welcome your permission to be human with my clients. And, with that comes a renewed dedication to knowing and experiencing what being human is for me. This means deepening my relationship with my art, continuing my work in therapy, and showing up with the same honesty and openness that you let us see in your book.
You make risk a good thing
You ask your patients to risk and use this in as a very important subject during the course of treatment. You take several risks in Creatures of a Day, and show us that risks are a vital part of being an authentic and real therapist. You show us that in your work you are just being honest and attending to your experience and the client’s experience. In fact it is more risky to be untruthful or hide than it is to show up and attend the the relationship.
You inspire me
I won’t stop practicing. You inspire me to continue to write about my own work. And in my own small way, carry your legacy forward.
Once again, thank you for your guidance, your influence, and your legacy.
Lisa Mitchell, MFT, ATR, LPC
www.innercanvas.com
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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Short book, big recommendation!
Format: Hardcover
Great book, smooth read that is not overly technical for those who aren't therapists themselves. Examines large existential questions in a digestible format with each chapter being a different real world story. Highly recommend.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Yalom as always, but fizzing out.
Format: Hardcover
When entering the field of psychology, I was first introduced to Yalom. As I look back on my early career, I realize that he has influenced my thinking more than I'd like to admit. His focus on relationships and death anxiety are central in this work, as they were in the past. You get a real sense of how he works and we are invited into the intimate and sacred corners of his office and his mind.
However, his depth - his use of metaphors and his robust explanations are declining. He is still a profound and articulate writer but I have noticed a drop off in his writing that began with the Spinoza Problem and continues here. Ironically, Yalom is fading, his writing abilities are dying - which makes his own wrestling with his mortality even more visceral to me as a reader.
I continue to be thankful for his insight and work.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Another great book by an exceptional writer and story teller.
Format: Hardcover
One day I was strolling through a bookstore and saw a novel by Irvin Yalom titled "Lying on the Couch". The fact that it was written by a psychiatrist with a private practice who was also a professor at Stanford University intrigued me. I wasn't expecting much from the book other than a light read but to my (delightful) surprise, the story had great depth and Dr. Yalom proved to be an excellent writer and story teller. So much so, that I have since read every book he's written. You don't have to be a student of therapy or a therapist to appreciate this book or any other by Dr. Yalom. His writing speaks to everyone and leaves everyone with a gift of personal insight. There are many good writers but only a few great ones. Dr. Yalom is among the greats. He is wise, humble, and deeply honest about his own struggles with the big questions in life. If you haven't met Dr. Yalom, I urge you to read any one of his books. You won't be disappointed!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
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