Succulents Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and other Succulents

by Bagnasco, John; Reidmuller, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780760366042
• ISBN10: 0760366047
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-10-29
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

John Bagnasco has been an integral part of the gardening industry for more than 45 years. After working for many years at nurseries and garden centers in Michigan and California, Bagnasco joined Creative Promotions in October 2000 as a senior magazine editor and radio personality for Garden Compass. He is currently the president and co-host of the nationally syndicated Garden America Radio Show, which reaches 1.1 million listeners every weekend. He is also the president of www.GardenTube.com, a YouTube–type site for gardeners. Additionally, he is a managing partner in SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables, LLC., has also taught horticulture classes, and is a rose breeder who introduced over a dozen new varieties. He was host of the DVD The Essential Guide to Roses. Baganasco's other books include Planting Designs for Cactus and Succulents and Plants for the Home Vol I.

Bob Reidmuller is a lifelong, hands-on plant geek, beginning from a young age under the tutelage of his grandfather in New Jersey. A family relocation to southern California at the age of 16 offered a plethora of horticultural and botanical experiences and opportunities. Starting a small private nursery based primarily on tropicals, such as staghorn ferns and orchids, led to several years working for Solana Orchids, a large, local producer of orchids for the cut-flower market. This path eventually led to over 25 years (and counting) working for Altman Plants in Vista, California, the nation’s largest wholesale producer of cactuses and succulents. With the phenomenal craze of all things succulent and being on staff as resident horticulturist there, he spends a major part of his time offering cultural information on this fascinating plant group to their wholesale and retail customer base nationwide.

Table of Contents

Introduction: More Than Hens and Chicks
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
About the Authors