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Succulents

Author : John Bagnasco

Publisher : Cool Springs Press

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 10,92 MB

Release : 2019-10-29

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 0760366047

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Book Description

Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, this gift-able edition of Succulents shows you how to choose and take care of the ever-popular succulent. Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd like to add one of these alluring species to your indoor windowsill, this book has what you need to pick the perfect plants for you and make them thrive. With this all-inclusive guide, you'll get all the information you'll need on: Color combinations Sizes and shapes Container growing Watering Grooming Propagation Learn everything you need to know about succulents! Includes more than 100 plant profiles with corresponding color photography, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds.



Designing with Succulents

Author : Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 574 pages

File Size : 39,29 MB

Release : 2011-03-18

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604692960

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Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, Designing with Succulents gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and descriptions of 90 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants. Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and nurture the three-dimensional work of art that is the succulent garden.



CACTI AND SUCCULENTS

Author : Bill Keen

Publisher : Crowood

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 11,56 MB

Release : 2011-10-18

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1847973507

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Cacti and succulents are ideal houseplants, needing little care and providing unusual and colourful displays. This book looks at the increasingly wide variety of plants now available, and assists the beginner to choose and cultivate many of the popular types. Full details are given on feeding, watering, potting and on displaying the collection to its best advantage. An A-Z listing of over 75 varieties shows the wide diversity of shapes, sizes and effects that can be grown. The essential guide to a popular area of gardening.



Succulents Simplified

Author : Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 39,60 MB

Release : 2013-05-21

Category : Nature

ISBN : 1604693932

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Book Description

Succulents are hot. And Debra Lee Baldwin, the bestselling author of Designing with Succulents and Succulent Container Gardens, is the ideal guide for gardeners, crafters, and DIYers looking for an introduction to these trendy, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants. Along with gorgeous photos packed with design ideas, Debra offers her top 100 plant picks and explains how to grow and care for succulents no matter where you live. Step-by-step projects, including a cake-stand centerpiece, special-occasion bouquets, a vertical garden, and a succulent topiary sphere, will inspire you to express your individual style. Whether you’re a novice or veteran, have an acre to fill or a few pots, live in Calexico or Canada, Succulents Simplified is a dazzling primer for success with succulents wherever you live!



Striking Succulent Gardens

Author : Gabriel Frank

Publisher : Ten Speed Press

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 28,2 MB

Release : 2021-01-26

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 0399580999

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Book Description

Design a succulent garden of your own, with inspiration, advice, and instructional step-by-step projects for container gardens, small-space gardens, mixed gardens, and more. You can't help but be mesmerized by the eye-catching geometric forms and jewel-toned colors of succulents. But how do you grow these beauties in your own garden? One of the only books dedicated to succulent garden design, Striking Succulent Gardens is a stylish, modern gardening book for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Known for his colorful approach and bold use of varied textures and shapes, garden designer Gabriel Frank offers practical ideas, simple concepts, stunning full-color photography, step-by-step instructions for a dozen different gardens, plant recommendations, basic succulent care, and an inspired approach to creating living art in your own garden. For those in colder climates, there is a list of cold-hardy succulents and advice for bringing container gardens indoors for the winter, making succulent gardens achievable no matter where you live. Tough, water-wise, wildly popular, and nearly indestructible, succulents will transform your outdoor space, providing gardens of every size with minimal maintenance and maximum impact.



Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates

Author : Leo J. Chance

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 20,17 MB

Release : 2012-06-19

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1604694246

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There are many reasons to grow cacti and other succulents—they're drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, and they look great. But what about hardiness? For those who thought that these spectacular plants were only for gardens in California and the Southwest, guess again—hundreds are fully cold-hardy and can be grown outdoors from New England to British Columbia, Wisconsin to Texas. Cacti and Succulents for Cold Climates is filled with inspirational portraits of 274 plants that can be used to create drought-tolerant gardens, as well as tips from regional experts who have mastered the art of growing cacti in parts of the country not usually associated with high temperatures or a scarcity of water. Expert Leo Chance describes how to prepare planting beds, how to get plants well established, how to handle cacti during planting, how to protect plants from cold winters, and when and how much to water.



Succulents

Author : John Bagnasco

Publisher : Cool Springs Press

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 20,93 MB

Release : 2019-11-12

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 0760366055

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Book Description

Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, this gift-able edition of Succulents shows you how to choose and take care of the ever-popular succulent. Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd like to add one of these alluring species to your indoor windowsill, this book has what you need to pick the perfect plants for you and make them thrive. With this all-inclusive guide, you'll get all the information you'll need on: Color combinations Sizes and shapes Container growing Watering Grooming Propagation Learn everything you need to know about succulents! Includes more than 100 plant profiles with corresponding color photography, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds.



Hardy Succulents

Author : Gwen Moore Kelaidis

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 532 pages

File Size : 26,69 MB

Release : 2012-03-01

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 1603426825

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Add a touch of the unexpected to your garden. From agaves to ice plants and sedums to sempervivums, hardy succulents can bring color, texture, and versatility to perennial flower beds in any climate. This comprehensive guide offers clear growing instructions accompanied by vivid photography of these durable and beautiful plants. With tips on choosing the right varieties for every North American hardiness zone, you can enjoy all the quirky vibrancy of succulents wherever you live.



Succulent Container Gardens

Author : Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher : Timber Press

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 20,66 MB

Release : 2010-01-20

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 088192959X

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Define your individual style. With their colorful leaves, sculptural shapes, and simple care, succulents are beautiful yet forgiving plants for pots. If grown in containers, these dry-climate jewels—which include but are not limited to cacti—can be brought indoors in winter and so can thrive anywhere in the world. In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of Designing with Succulents provides everything beginners and experienced gardeners need to know to create stunning container displays of exceptionally waterwise plants. The extensive palette includes delicate sedums, frilly echeverias, cascading senecios, edgy agaves, and fat-trunked beaucarneas, to name just a few. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and more.



Success with Succulents

Author : John Bagnasco

Publisher : Cool Springs Press

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 38,50 MB

Release : 2017-12-05

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 0760362270

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Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, Success with Succulents shows you how to get the most out of your desert dwellers. Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd like to add one of these alluring species to your indoor windowsill, this book has what you need to pick the perfect plants for you and make them thrive. Success with Succulents is filled with both well-known and unusual species of cacti and succulents, as well as tips and techniques for caring for these water-sipping species indoors and out. With this all-inclusive guide, you'll get all the information you'll need on: Color combinations Sizes and shapes Placement and ideal soil selection Container growing Watering Fertilizing Grooming Propagation Learn everything you need to know about growing succulents! Success with Succulents also includes more than 100 plant profiles, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds.