Success with succulents : choosing, growing, and caring for cactuses and other succulents

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. Cactuses and other succulentsare 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 cactuses and succulents, as well as tips and techniques for caring for these water-sipping species indoors and out. From color combinations, sizes and shapes, and placement toideal soil selection, container growing,watering, fertilizing, grooming, and propagation, learneverything you need to know about growing succulents. The book also includes more than 100 plant profiles, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds. Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction 1 | What Are Cactuses? What Are Succulents? 2 | Cactuses and Succulents Outdoors 3 | Cactuses and Succulents Indoors Featured Plants 100 Top Choices of Cactuses and Succulents Adenium Adromischus Aeonium Agave Alluaudia Aloe Anacampseros Astrophytum Bowiea Cephalocereus Cereus Ceropegia Consolea Cotyledon Crassula Cyphostemma Dudleya Echeveria Echinocactus Echinopsis Espostoa Euphorbia Faucaria Fenestraria Ferocactus Furcraea Gasteraloe Gymnocalycium Hatiora Haworthia Hylocereus Kalanchoe Leuchtenbergia Lithops Mammillaria Opuntia Oreocereus Pachycereus Pachypodium Parodia Peperomia Pleiospilos Plumeria Portulacaria Sansevieria Sedum Sempervivum Senecio Stapelia Titanopsis Trichocereus Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z About the Authors "Succulents and cacti are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. Whether you're in the southwestern United States enjoying succulents on the patio, or raising a cactus garden on a windowsill in Minnesota, this book has something for you. Success with Succulents is filled with well-known and unusual species of cactuses and succulents, as well as tips and techniques for caring for these water-sipping species. Color combinations outdoors, growing indoors, ideal soil and soil mixes, watering, fertilizing, grooming, and propagation sections teach all kinds of things about caring for cactuses and succulents. The book also includes more than 100 plant profiles, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds."-- Provided by publisher