Succulents
Succulents

Author: Cassidy Tuttle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 677

ISBN-13: 1615648445

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Succulents are plants that hold water in their leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and echeveria. They have captured the hearts of crafters, decorators, and plant lovers all over the world. Always popular as an outdoor plant in warm climates, succulents have found a new popularity as a try indoor plant that's easy to care for and fun to look at. Idiot's Guides: Succulents includes: + Everything needed to select, pair, pot, and care for succulent plants. + Snapshots of 100 of the most popular varieties of succulent plants, including care, color, hardiness, pairing, and a full-color photo for each. + 16 beautiful craft projects with how-to steps and color photos, including picture frames, wreaths, terrariums, centerpieces, and bouquets. + Tips on successfully propagating new succulents from existing plants. + Extensive advice on choosing pots and unique planters, repotting succulents, and pairing varieties for maximum impact. + An index of succulents by color and height that gives readers another tool for selecting the succulents that will look.

Succulents
Succulents

Author: Robin Stockwell

Publisher: Sunset

Published: 2017-01-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780848749477

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Inspiring, practical and richly photographed, this comprehensive guide offers creative ideas and DIY projects using beautiful low-maintenance, water-wise plants Succulents are the ultimate easy-care plant: versatile, effortless to grow both indoors and outdoors, and drought tolerant. From Aloe and Agaves, to Senecio and Taciveria, this handbook by leading garden expert Robin Stockwell highlights 200 of the easiest, most useful, and gorgeous plants, and shares advice on care and cultivation. Readers will find inspiration for imaginative and exciting new ways to use succulents in striking garden designs, containers, vertical walls, and indoor arrangements, as well as step-by-step projects, such as living bouquets and terrarium ornaments. This is the essential reference for landscapers, home gardeners, and anyone looking for a thorough introduction to the perfect plant for modern times.

The Gardener's Guide to Succulents
The Gardener's Guide to Succulents

Author: Misa Matsuyama

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1462921310

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The Gardener's Guide to Succulents is a stunning visual reference identifying over 125 plants from 40 different genera of succulents and cacti. Fleshy, spiny, hairy, flowering--and coming in every imaginable shape, color and size--this plant family has captured the affection of plant enthusiasts all over the world. This book provides a beautiful overview of the diversity that succulents have to offer, presenting a wide variety of popular plants to help you create striking, aesthetically pleasing compositions. This succulent guide includes information about: What each variety needs and where it thrives Plant characteristics, with ratings on ease of growth and maintenance requirements Ideas for group plantings and illustrated tips on indoor planting Striking identification photos, rich in color and contrast This succulent encyclopedia is a useful resource for everyone--from cacti beginners looking to decorate their living space to serious gardeners hoping to expand their succulent plantings.

Designing with Succulents
Designing with Succulents

Author: Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2011-03-18

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 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.

The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World
The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World

Author: Fred Dortort

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2014-11-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781604693577

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The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. Each entry includes information on the plant's native habitat, its cultivation requirements, and its horticultural potential. As useful to novice growers as to collectors and those with an existing interest in succulents, this will be the standard reference for years to come.

House of Plants
House of Plants

Author: Caro Langton

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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House of plants is a practical and beautiful guide to how to love and care for your succulents, cacti, tropical and air plants. These indoor plants are handsome, hardy and perfect for urban living and this book is a comprehensive companion, showing you how to nurture and enjoy these plants, as well as how to stylishly arrange them in your home. Caro Langton and Rose Ray detail how to look after individual plants, running through the soil, watering, light, food and more. They also show you how to take cuttings to share with friends, make gifts, terrariums and displays, and make these plants part of your life.

CACTI AND SUCCULENTS
CACTI AND SUCCULENTS

Author: Bill Keen

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 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.

Succulent Gardening
Succulent Gardening

Author: Jacob Wells

Publisher: Jacob Wells

Published: 2021-03-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Eliminate the guesswork out of growing, designing and caring for long-lasting succulent plants with the definitive guide to these low-water beauties Have you always been interested in gardening, but have no stomach for the backbreaking, thankless job of traditional gardening? Are you mindful of the environment and want to discover a stress-free way to do your own gardening without wasting precious water? If yes, then growing low-maintenance succulents with low water requirements might just be perfect for you. Growing succulents is among the hottest, fastest-growing gardening trends of today, and it's easy to see why. They're beautiful and colorful and are way more forgiving and easier to maintain than traditional gardens. In this guide, Jacob Wells hands you all the knowledge and tools you need to nurture your succulents and help them thrive in a way that's easy to understand and apply. Among the insights and practical advice contained in Succulent Gardening, you're going to learn: ● Everything you need to know about succulent plants—from their origins to how they interact with their environment ● The different types of succulents and how to choose and grow the one best suitable for your needs ● Step-by-step instructions to help you grow succulent plants indoors without fuss ● How to choose the right soil for your indoor succulents ● Surefire ways to pick the perfect spot inside your home to grow your succulent plant ● All you need to know about using fertilizers for your succulents ● Step-by-step instructions to help you grow succulent plants outdoors without headaches ● Absolutely crucial soil requirements for growing succulents outdoors you absolutely need to know about ● How to grow succulents from seeds without breaking a sweat ● Effective ways to maintain and care for your succulent plants to ensure they remain robust and healthy ● ...and much, much more! Suitable for gardeners with all levels of experience, whether you're a novice gardener or a seasoned green thumb, Succulent Gardening is the only resource guide you need to completely understand succulents and give you the confidence to grow beautiful and robustly healthy succulent plants, no matter where you live.

Succulents for Beginners
Succulents for Beginners

Author: Misa Matsuyama

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1462922996

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Succulents for Beginners is the perfect introduction to this friendly and forgiving plant family. Misa Matsuyama--the bestselling author of The Gardener's Guide to Succulents--shows you how to plant and maintain the most popular varieties of succulents and cacti with reassuring advice and minimum fuss. This book has over 200 clear, color photos and illustrations and is absolutely packed full of all the basic information you need to keep succulents thriving, including: A detailed month-by-month growing guide explaining all the planting and maintenance steps--everything from propagating and basic watering to repotting and group planting A clear overview of the basic seasonal types and most popular succulent families and their particular characteristics Which plants, tools, soils, and containers to use for the best results Answers to frequently asked questions, giving clear, concise solutions to the most common issues encountered by beginners A special section on how to create a healthy environment for your plants so you can enjoy them for many years to come Inspiring and creative ways to display your succulents in different rooms and locations--indoors or outdoors The month-by-month format and simple, yet thorough, instructions will have you referring to this handy resource again and again. Gorgeous photos and helpful tips invite you to bring more and more of these plants into your life.