A Beginner's Guide to Succulent Gardening: A Step-By-Step Guide to Growing Beautiful and Long-Lasting Succulents

Author(s): Taku Furuya

Gardening

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780804851190
  • : Tuttle Publishing
  • : Tuttle Publishing
  • : 0.43
  • : October 2018
  • : ---length:- '10'width:- '7.5'units:- Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Taku Furuya
  • : 96
  • : 635.9525
  • : English
  • : 1903
  • : Paperback