The essential book of succulents A guide to the 250 best varieties for beginners
Book - 2024
Learn all about the most beautiful, hardy and easy-to-grow succulent varieties! The Essential Book of Succulents is the beginning gardener's best friend, covering the 250 succulent and cacti varieties most commonly found at your local nursery or home improvement centre and the ones that are easiest to grow and to keep healthy.
| Location | Call Number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Floor New Shelf | 635.9525/Kuroda | (NEW SHELF) | Due Jul 8, 2025 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- handbooks
Handbooks and manuals
Guides et manuels - Published
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Tokyo :
Tuttle Publishing
[2024]
- Language
- English
Japanese - Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Item Description
- Originally published as: Tanikushokubutsu start book. 2021.
- Physical Description
- 112 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBN
- 9780804856003
- What Are Succulents?
- Ways to Enjoy Succulents
- Three Growth Types
- Points to Consider When Selecting Succulents
- After Purchasing Your Succulents
- Pots and Tools
- Soils
- Planting in Pots
- Daily Core
- Watering
- Placement
- Fertilization
- Part 1. Characteristics and Care Guidelines for Popular Varieties
- Sedum
- Echeveria
- Haworthia
- Kalanchoe
- Euphorbia
- Cactus
- Agave
- Aloe
- Lithops
- Rhipsalis
- Crassula
- Aeonium
- Cotyledon
- Graptopetalum and Graptosedum
- Pachyphytum and Pachyveria
- Sempervivum
- Senecio and Othonna
- Special Features
- Things to Know for Long and Healthy Growth
- Various Methods of Propagation
- Part 2. Arranging Succulents
- Combining Single Pots
- Outdoors
- Indoors
- Arranging in Clusters
- Using Only Sedum
- Combining Rosette-Type Varieties
- Combining "Rabbit-eared" Kalonchoe
- Using Trailing Types
- Using Vertical Types
- Using Clumping Types
- Combining Various Shades of Green
- Combining Reddish Leaves
- Special Feature
- Using a Pot Without Drainage Holes
- Part 3. A Catalog of the 250 Varieties Best for Beginners
- Sedum
- Echeveria
- Haworthia
- Kalanchoe
- Euphorbia
- Cactus
- Agave
- Aloe
- Lithops
- Rhipsalis
- Crassula
- Aeonium
- Cotyledon
- Graptopetalum and Graptosedum
- Pachyphytum and Pachyveria
- Sempervivum
- Senecio and Othonna