A beginner's guide to succulent gardening. : a step-by-step guide to growing beautiful & long-lasting succulents / Taku Furuya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furuya, Taku, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Succulent plants.

Gardening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

Adored for their charming shapes and colors, respected for their resilience and adaptability, and just plain fun to have around--succulents are the hottest home gardening trend today. A Beginner's Guide to Succulent Gardening is a friendly guide to popular succulents, walking novices through all the basics, like: Choosing your succulents--from Hens and Chicks (Echeveria) to bristly flowering cactus varieties Mixing the right soils for your succulents and preparing the growing environment Easy potting and transplanting techniques Succulent care--including watering, fertilizing and providing the right amount of sun for each variety Understanding peak periods as well as seasonal traits and needs, so you can have a beautiful succulent garden year-round This book contains all sorts of helpful tips on what to look for when buying a plant, how to troubleshoot when your succulent shows signs of distress, how to trim the leaves and stems, and how to start new plants from cuttings. Clear diagrams and at-a-glance fact sheets for each variety, as well as inspirational photos of attractively and happily-housed succulents, fill the pages of this book. Now is the time to give succulents a try! Let A Beginner's Guide to Succulent Gardening be your guide to get you started and grow your indoor garden one succulent at a time.

Contents:

Spring/Fall Types

Echeveria rosularis/E. elegans

Graptopetalum "Francesco Baldi"

Pachyphytum oviferum "Hoshibijin"

Cotyledon tomentosa "Bears Paw"

Kalanchoe tomentosa "Panda Plant"

Senecio rowleyanus "String of Pearls"

Othonna capensis "Ruby Necklace"

Crassula capitella "Campfire"

Sedum rubrotinctum "Jelly Bean Plant"/Variegated Sedum rubrotinctum "Aurora"/Sedum oryzifolium "Tiny Form"

Aeonium haworthii "Tricolor"

Plectranthus aromaticus

Haworthia pilifera/H. obtusa

Orostachys boehmeri

Tillandsia harrisii (air plants)

Spring/Summer/Fall Types

Cactus: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii "Moon Cactus" or "Hibotan"

Cactus: Mammillaria carmenael Epithelantha micromeris ungnispina "Kaguya Hime"

Euphorbia enopla/E. mammillaris variegata "Shirakaba Kirin"

Agave victoriae-reginae "Hime Sasanoyuki"

Fall/Winter/Spring Types

Dudley a brittonii

Conophytum "Shukuten"/C. obcordellumlC. bilobum

Lithops aucampiae/L. bromfieldii insularis/L. salicola

Fundamentals for Growing Succulents: (About Placement and Sunlight/About Watering/About Planting Soil/Lasting through Summer and Winter).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-2067-5