Product Description

Succulents and rock garden plants have become popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of form, and striking colors. Their natural drought tolerance makes them especially useful for gardens in arid climates and water-conserving gardens. The Garden Succulents Primer is a user-friendly identification guide. It includes detailed descriptions of more than 400 well-known succulents and their close relatives that will allow readers to quickly determine the family to which a succulent belongs. Descriptions are supported with 450 color photographs that showcase each plant's distinctive shape and color. Also includes chapters on use, conservation, cultivation, and propagation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #416924 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Review

“[The authors] help to make sense of what sometimes seems an indigestible and—certainly to northern temperate gardeners—alien group of plants.”

About the Author
Gideon Smith is a well-known authority on succulent plants and author of several books. He is a professor of botany at the University of Pretoria.


Ben-Erik van Wyk is a professor of botany at the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interest is in systematic botany and plant utilization.

Customer Reviews

terrific book
excellent book for beginners and experienced gardeners who want to have descriptions of these difficult to identify plants