A GOOD READ

Houseplants are in full-scale revival and if you’re new to their charms, are rediscovering them after a long while or want an indoor gardening book to give to a young friend, The Little Book of House Plants and Other Greenery by Emma Sibley (Quadrille, £8.99) could prove useful. It’s an easy guide about 60 popular plants, with advice on light and watering, and notes on how to propagate them. Concise and accessible, it will have you growing elephant’s ears, ponytail palms and devil’s ivy in no time.