Succulent Container GardensSucculent Container Gardens
Design Eye-catching Displays With 350 Easy-care Plants
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The award-winning author of Designing With Succulents explains how to design, plant and nurture succulents outdoors in pots of any size and provides information on how to overwinter succulents indoors, in a book that includes easy-to-use lists of plants by key design criteria.
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 just name a few. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and more.
Explains how to design, plant, and nurture succulents outdoors in pots of any size and provides information on how to overwinter succulents indoors, in a book that includes easy-to-use lists of plants by key design criteria.
A pleasure for the eye and filled with ideas and useful information about individual succulent varieties and companion plants, this beautifully illustrated volume describes and demonstrates winning combinations of plant and container. Designs are grouped according to use, location, and motif. Plant types are described in alphabetical order, with many color photos. A lengthy concluding section describes all aspects of plant care and propagation. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
Whether your goal is a gorgeous potted garden for a sunny windowsill or outdoor living area—or simply making great gifts—this is a comprehensive primer using succulents to create vibrant, living works of art.
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 just name a few. Easy-to-follow, expert tips explain soil mixes, overwintering, propagation, and more.
Explains how to design, plant, and nurture succulents outdoors in pots of any size and provides information on how to overwinter succulents indoors, in a book that includes easy-to-use lists of plants by key design criteria.
A pleasure for the eye and filled with ideas and useful information about individual succulent varieties and companion plants, this beautifully illustrated volume describes and demonstrates winning combinations of plant and container. Designs are grouped according to use, location, and motif. Plant types are described in alphabetical order, with many color photos. A lengthy concluding section describes all aspects of plant care and propagation. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
Whether your goal is a gorgeous potted garden for a sunny windowsill or outdoor living area—or simply making great gifts—this is a comprehensive primer using succulents to create vibrant, living works of art.
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