Cacti & Succulents"Written for the beginner (though there is plenty here for more experienced cactus and succulent growers), this wonderful guidebook offers a wealth of information on propagation, grafting, fertilizing, and repotting, along with advice on lighting, soil, and pest and disease control. There's an alphabetical listing of more than 300 cacti and other succulents....Each entry includes the plant's description, information about its natural habitat, tips for year-round care, and information on its species....One of the most helpful guides to these fascinating plants."-- "Booklist . ."..a beautifully illustrated and informative handbook suitable for beginning or experienced growers...excellent introduction...highly recommended."-- "ARBA . 160 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 11. |
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Agave Aizoaceae Aloe areoles beautiful bloom blos branches bright bristles Browningia cacti cactus carmine-red blossoms cephalium Cereus Cleistocactus Conophytum Corryocactus Crassula Crassulaceae crown culents cultivation cuttings cylindrical dark densely Easy Echeveria Echinocereus edge spines Epiphyllum epiphytic Euphorbia Euphorbia obesa EXTRA TIP fertilize fleshy flower fruit full sun genus globular glochids grafted gray-green green greenish growth Haageocereus habitat hair hairy Haworthia humid humous hybrids inches Kalanchoe keep leaf leaves light Lithops Lobivia Mammillaria native habitat notes Notocactus nutritious Ophthalmophyllum Opuntia Opuntia microdasys Pachyphytum Pereskia pink blossoms plant body porous pots Propagate by seed purple Rebutia red blossoms reddish repot ribs roots rosettes Schwantesia Sedum Sempervivum Senecio shaped shoots shrublike slightly acidic soil soms species spines sprouts Stapelia stem succulents summer sunny tall temperature thick tion tubercles Uebelmannia violet warm white blossoms whitish winter rest period woolly yellow blossoms yellowish