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Succulents Simplified

Growing, Designing, and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties
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Succulents Simplified by Debra Lee Baldwin is an essential guide that demystifies the care and cultivation of succulents for gardeners everywhere. Whether you're new to gardening or a seasoned enthusiast, this beautifully illustrated book profiles the top 100 succulent plants and offers clear, practical advice tailored for all climates. The book includes inspiring step-by-step projects such as cake-stand centrepieces, vertical gardens, and succulent topiary spheres to help you showcase your creativity with these drought-tolerant beauties.
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This book is ideal for novice and experienced gardeners interested in low-water, easy-care plants. It suits those with any amount of space, from a few pots on a balcony to larger garden areas, as well as readers from diverse climates including dry regions and cooler zones.

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Succulents Simplified is a complete primer on choosing, growing and designing with succulents.

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Demystifies these popular low-water beauties. β€” Country Gardens Magazine

Whether you're a novice or veteran, have an acre to fill or just a few pots, or live in Calexico or Canada, Succulents Simplified is a dazzling primer for success with succulents!

Debra Lee Baldwin, the Queen of Succulents, profiles the 100 top plant picks and includes basic information on how to grow and care for succulents no matter where you live.

Step-by-step projects, including a cake-stand centrepiece, special-occasion bouquets, a vertical garden, and a succulent topiary sphere, will inspire you to express your individual style.

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Praised as a "work of art" by Fran Sorin of CBS Radio Network, this book combines expert knowledge with artistic flair. Gossip in the Garden highlights its accessible projects suited even for craft novices, while Sunset magazine endorses it as both fresh and entertaining. The New York Journal of Books calls it the perfect starter volume that also satisfies veteran gardeners. Additional endorsements from the Akron Beacon Journal and Hortus commend its beautiful production and straightforward advice on cultivation and propagation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781604693935

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Timber Press

Illustration: 334 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Debra Lee Baldwin, an award-winning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the Queen of Succulents. She helped launched the gardening world s interest in succulents with her first book, Designing with Succulents, and with her two other books Succulent Container Gardens and Succulents Simplified. Baldwin s own half-acre garden has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Sunset, San Diego Home and Garden, and other publications.

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