Mesembs of the World

Mesembs of the World

Author: Gideon Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781875093137

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Well-illustrated, easy-to-read guide to the 123 mesembs genera currently recognized


Mesembs

Mesembs

Author: Steven A. Hammer

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781939134028

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Striking Succulent Gardens

Striking Succulent Gardens

Author: Gabriel Frank

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0399580999

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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.


Lithops

Lithops

Author: David L. Sprechman

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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The result of many years' effort to capture the wondrous color and delicate surface patterns of these small succulent plants from the desert areas of South and Southwest Africa.


Succulents Simplified

Succulents Simplified

Author: Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2013-05-21

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1604693932

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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!


Remarkable Trees of South Africa

Remarkable Trees of South Africa

Author: Neels Esterhuyse

Publisher: Spotlight Poets

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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Gives a glimpse into the world of trees from the biggest, tallest and oldest in South Africa


Succulent Container Gardens

Succulent Container Gardens

Author: Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2010-01-20

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 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.


Poisonous Plants of South Africa

Poisonous Plants of South Africa

Author: Ben-Erik Van Wyk

Publisher: Spotlight Poets

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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Poisonous plants of South Africa is a guide to the most commonly occurring poisonous plants in South Africa.