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The Little Book of Cacti Succulents: The complete guide to choosing, growing and displaying
An inspiring and indispensable small format guide to growing and caring for cacti and succulents
With fans far and wide, cacti and succulents come in myriad shapes and sizes too. These firm favorite of Instagram influencers are perfect for adding greenery indoors, and can add structure and detail to outdoor spaces as well. Smaller plants are companions for 'generation rent', since they are easily moved from place to place. Generally low-maintenance, being "plant mom" to one or two of these tiny plants often starts a life- long fascination, and an ever growing horde.
The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an inspiring and indispensable guide to growing these fascinating plants. Detailed Plant Profiles are divided into chapters according to style and shape, from beautiful trailing plants to intricately formed rosettes. At the beginning of the book, you'll find practical advice on getting started, caring for the plants through the year and troubleshooting to deal with common problems.
You can also discover how to grow your collection using various propagation techniques with step-by-step guidance.
Cacti and succulents provide year-round interest for very little input, and caring for their fascinating forms is an enchanting hobby. Full of beautiful photography and sweet illustrations, The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an encouraging and down-to earth guide to these weird and wonderful plants.
With fans far and wide, cacti and succulents come in myriad shapes and sizes too. These firm favorite of Instagram influencers are perfect for adding greenery indoors, and can add structure and detail to outdoor spaces as well. Smaller plants are companions for 'generation rent', since they are easily moved from place to place. Generally low-maintenance, being "plant mom" to one or two of these tiny plants often starts a life- long fascination, and an ever growing horde.
The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an inspiring and indispensable guide to growing these fascinating plants. Detailed Plant Profiles are divided into chapters according to style and shape, from beautiful trailing plants to intricately formed rosettes. At the beginning of the book, you'll find practical advice on getting started, caring for the plants through the year and troubleshooting to deal with common problems.
You can also discover how to grow your collection using various propagation techniques with step-by-step guidance.
Cacti and succulents provide year-round interest for very little input, and caring for their fascinating forms is an enchanting hobby. Full of beautiful photography and sweet illustrations, The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an encouraging and down-to earth guide to these weird and wonderful plants.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published August 2, 2022
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Royal Horticultural Society
393 books40 followersThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861. The Royal Horticultural Society is one of the world’s leading horticultural organizations and the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting gardening.
Vital to the protection of plants, gardens and green spaces for future generations, the RHS helps over two million school children get into gardening and supports more than 1,700 communities to create their own gardens, encouraging people to grow their own food.
The charity also promotes horticulture through world-renowned flowers shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Tatton Park Flower Show and the Cardiff Flower Show. These shows exhibit the best in horticulture by providing show gardens, floral marques and expert advice.
In 2004 the society celebrated its bicentenary reflecting all the achievements of the RHS to date.
Vital to the protection of plants, gardens and green spaces for future generations, the RHS helps over two million school children get into gardening and supports more than 1,700 communities to create their own gardens, encouraging people to grow their own food.
The charity also promotes horticulture through world-renowned flowers shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Tatton Park Flower Show and the Cardiff Flower Show. These shows exhibit the best in horticulture by providing show gardens, floral marques and expert advice.
In 2004 the society celebrated its bicentenary reflecting all the achievements of the RHS to date.
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April 27, 2023
It's a beginner's introduction overall. As a beginner, I found the book really useful and the cute graphics made it a joy to read. Perhaps more experienced plant parents won't find it as helpful though.
The information was lined out clearly and succinctly, covering most things you may want to know about keeping succulents (at least as a start). It saved me from having to look up countless articles on the Internet. The only drawback is that once you get to the plant profiles section, the caring information paragraphs start to get quite repetitive and turn into a blur, so I believe a table would be a neat way to present that information for each species.
Overall, very good little guide :)
The information was lined out clearly and succinctly, covering most things you may want to know about keeping succulents (at least as a start). It saved me from having to look up countless articles on the Internet. The only drawback is that once you get to the plant profiles section, the caring information paragraphs start to get quite repetitive and turn into a blur, so I believe a table would be a neat way to present that information for each species.
Overall, very good little guide :)
January 1, 2024
This is a great beginners guide to cacti and succulents. I’m glad I picked it up! 💕
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