A practical book in which the author shows how to create dramatic displays indoors as well as out, with ideas for planting schemes, landscaping effects, and container use. There is also advice on planting, maintenance and propagation, plus a plant directory to provide plenty of inspiration. It is illustrated with over 150 colour photographs.
Recommends some of the best pruning techniques and practices. This title details the various pruning methods for more than 450 genera of trees, shrubs, conifers, and woody climbers. It covers several thousand species, and explains the reasons behind pruning techniques as well as how to apply them.
Here at last is a book that shows readers just how easy, hardy, and rewarding cactus can be for everyone - not just specialists. Scott Calhoun picks 100 of the best cactus available and shows how they can make striking additions to your garden or serve as dazzling container specimens.
Succulent plants offer possibilities for garden design that require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round. This work gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers. It also includes hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and drought-tolerant companion plants, along with photographs.
A guide to cacti and other succulents, describing more than 250 different species or genera, and their natural habitats. Topics covered include: the unique nature of succulents; the natural environment; history, classification and nomenclature; watering, feeding, general care and propagation; pests and diseases; and more.
Cacti and succulents are fascinating and beautiful plants. This book explains the various techniques to keep them in good shape. This work offers advice on cultivation and care and shows you how to recognize and treat pests and diseases. It also includes a cacti and succulent directory of the most widely grown species.
Agaves, Yuccas, and related plants, the exotic natives of the Americas, are among the most striking of drought-tolerant plants, and they make wonderful accents in the landscape, providing excellent contrasts to flowering perennial plantings. This title provides information on cultivation and propagation of these plants.
From agaves to ice plants, and from sedums to sempervivums, hardy succulent plants bring beauty, versatility, and intrigue to perennial gardens in every hardiness zone. This title gives gardeners what they need to know to select, grow, and maintain these dazzling, low-fuss plants.