Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, this gift-able edition of Succulents shows readers how to choose and take care of the ever-popular succulent.
Loved the world over for their unique beauty and lower maintenance requirements, this gift-able edition of Succulents shows readers how to choose and take care of the ever-popular succulent.
John Bagnasco has been an integral part of the gardening industry for more than 45 years. After working for many years at nurseries and garden centers in Michigan and California, Bagnasco joined Creative Promotions in October 2000 as a senior magazine editor and radio personality for Garden Compass. He is currently the president and co-host of the nationally syndicated Garden America Radio Show, which reaches 1.1 million listeners every weekend. He is also the president of www.GardenTube.com, a YouTube–type site for gardeners. Additionally, he is a managing partner in SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables, LLC., has also taught horticulture classes, and is a rose breeder who introduced over a dozen new varieties. He was host of the DVD The Essential Guide to Roses. Baganasco's other books include Planting Designs for Cactus and Succulents and Plants for the Home Vol I. Bob Reidmuller is a lifelong, hands-on plant geek, beginning from a young age under the tutelage of his grandfather in New Jersey. A family relocation to southern California at the age of 16 offered a plethora of horticultural and botanical experiences and opportunities. Starting a small private nursery based primarily on tropicals, such as staghorn ferns and orchids, led to several years working for Solana Orchids, a large, local producer of orchids for the cut-flower market. This path eventually led to over 25 years (and counting) working for Altman Plants in Vista, California, the nation’s largest wholesale producer of cactuses and succulents. With the phenomenal craze of all things succulent and being on staff as resident horticulturist there, he spends a major part of his time offering cultural information on this fascinating plant group to their wholesale and retail customer base nationwide.
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Introduction: More Than Hens and Chicks 1. What are Cactuses? What are Succulents? 2. Cactuses and Succulents Outdoors 3. Cactuses and Succulents Indoors Featured Plants - 100 Top Choices of Cactuses and Succulents Adenium Adromischus Aeonium Agave Alluaudia Aloe Anacampseros Astrophytum Bowiea Cephalocereus Cereus Ceropegia Consolea Cotyledon Crassula Cyphostemma Dudleya Echeveria Echinocactus Echinopsis Espostoa Euphorbia Faucaria Fenestraria Ferocactus Furcraea Gasteraloe Gymnocalycium Hatiora Haworthia Hylocereus Kalanchoe Leuchtenbergia Lithops Mammillaria Opuntia Oreocereus Pachycereus Pachypodium Parodia Peperomia Pleiospilos Plumeria Portulacaria Sansevieria Sedum Sempervivum Senecio Stapelia Titanopsis Trichocereus Index About the Authors
