Succulents Simplified: Growing, Designing, and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varie

Description: Succulents Simplified by Debra Lee Baldwin Succulents Simplified is a complete primer on choosing, growing and designing with succulents. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Demystifies these popular low-water beauties. Country Gardens Magazine Whether you re a novice or veteran, have an acre to fill or a just 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 centerpiece, special-occasion bouquets, a vertical garden, and a succulent topiary sphere, will inspire you to express your individual style. Back Cover " Succulents Simplified makes it easy to see why these stunning plants are so seductive. Whether youre just starting out with succulents or looking to grow your collection, this book contains everything you need to know to grow them successfully--design ideas, seasonal care tips, quick projects, and a list of the top 100 easiest kinds, from bizarre to beautiful." --Kathleen Brenzel, Sunset Magazine Flap " Succulents Simplified makes it easy to see why these stunning plants are so seductive. Whether youre just starting out with succulents or looking to grow your collection, this book contains everything you need to know to grow them successfully--design ideas, seasonal care tips, quick projects, and a list of the top 100 easiest kinds, from bizarre to beautiful." --Kathleen Brenzel, Sunset Magazine Author Biography 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. Review "Anyone who knows Debra Lee Baldwin is aware of her extraordinary prowess as an author, writer, photographer, and artist. Her book, Succulents Simplified, is a work of art." --Fran Sorin, CBS Radio Network "From quick and easy succulent rosettes for bouquets, to teeny tiny mint-tin gardens, to succulent-topped pumpkins theres a project in this book for even the most craft-challenged." --Gossip in the Garden "This fresh and entertaining volume certainly deserves a green thumbs-up." --Sunset "The perfect starter volume for those new to succulents, while satisfying and delighting veterans with the variation and solid growing tips based on the authors evident joy in succulents and cacti." --New York Journal of Books "A beautifully produced and photographed new book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to know more about this fascinating group of plants both in the wild or in your backyard." --Akron Beacon Journal "Straightforward advice on cultivation, propagation, and seasonal care." --Hortus Review Quote "This fresh and entertaining volume certainly deserves a green thumbs up." Excerpt from Book Introduction When people ask me how I became interested in succulents, I tell them I toured an amazing succulent garden on assignment for the San Diego Union-Tribune . Horticulturist Patrick Anderson and his aloe garden opened my eyes to the beauty of succulents and their potential in garden design. Yet even as I say this, around the edges of my awareness floats a much earlier memory. I was eight or nine years old when I went with my mother to a home in a wealthy community for an occasion I dont remember. When we returned home, my mother described the house to my father: "Big picture windows, but imagine having to clean them. Views of the golf course, but the property is too steep. Surrounded by trees, but they shed leaves and bark. Big deck off the living room, but no garden." No garden? There had been an astonishing one, in pots on the deck, with plants unlike any Id seen before. They looked like eels, starfish, and coral. One was a perfect little sphere with a green-and-maroon herringbone pattern. Others were necklaces of blue-gray buttons, rubbery silver-blue roses, and sticks of green chalk with windowed tips. My mother concluded wistfully, "Maybe someday Debbie will have a house like that." Why would I want it, I wondered, if it came with dirty windows, messy trees, and near-vertical land? On the other hand, who wouldnt want that deck garden? It became something I longed for, along with a saltwater aquarium, a hot air balloon, and an unlimited supply of chocolate marshmallows. I no longer want any of those, but succulents continue to seduce me. Im that little girl again when I see a succulent I havent seen before, or even a well-grown one I may have seen dozens of times. You might assume I have a vast collection, and although I do own dozens of varieties, I dont consider myself a collector. Fascination need not be possession. Im equally happy looking at succulents in a nursery, at a show, or in someone elses garden. In particular, I enjoy capturing and recording succulents myriad shapes and textures with my camera. For most of my career, Ive written about all sorts of plants. Words are still my first love, but nothing describes a plant or a garden as well as a photo. As I practice this art form, I often think of how "photography" means "writing with light." Camera in hand, I circle a succulent, looking for the best light. In slanted early morning or late afternoon sun, red margins burn neon bright, spines incandesce, fuzzy filaments shimmer, and leaves reveal glowing hues of rose, orange, purple, and blue. As you might imagine, it was difficult to winnow the selection of photos for this book. So many have merit, or illustrate an important point, and I was continually thinking, "But I have to show them this one!" This, my third book about succulents, is a kind of prequel to the previous two. Its a guide for novice enthusiasts, a quick reference for anyone seeking an overview, and a vehicle for presenting design ideas Im excited about. Throughout, I share my perspective on a subject that has become my passion. Part One explains succulents many desirable qualities and suggests how you might use the plants to enhance your garden, regardless of its size. Youll discover how top garden designers use succulents as a three-dimensional palette. In addition to whats practical and beautiful, I delve into the bizarre, eye-catching, and collectible. Youll also find out how to keep your succulents looking as good as the day you brought them home from the nursery. These plants survive neglect but when well tended show their gratitude by being even more glorious. In Part Two, youll see step by step how to create succulent centerpieces, bouquets, hanging baskets, and more--all fun and useful projects to enhance your home, to celebrate special occasions, and to give as gifts. Its possible to use succulents in ways unthinkable with other plants. Wait til you see Laura Eubankss moss-and-glue method and how Robyn Foreman turns echeverias into long-lasting rose look-alikes. In Part Three, I present my top one hundred plant picks. Most are succulents Ive grown myself and would like you to consider, too. All are readily available (or are fast becoming so) and are easy to grow--providing, of course, you understand a few cultivation basics. No worries. No talent is needed, simply an admiration for succulents, an eagerness to learn, and a willingness to experiment. Above all, I hope to expand your awareness of beauty and increase your desire to use these fleshy, geometric plants to enhance your outdoor living spaces and to express your unique style. Please dont feel intimidated by succulents that are new to you. If you like them, grow them. Im betting that in no time youll be giving cuttings to friends. And now, it is with pleasure that I present my guide (make that your guide) to selecting, growing, and designing with these versatile and intriguing plants. May this book serve to enlighten, entertain, and inspire you. Details ISBN1604693932 Author Debra Lee Baldwin Short Title SUCCULENTS SIMPLIFIED Language English ISBN-10 1604693932 ISBN-13 9781604693935 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1952 Year 2013 Pages 272 Imprint Timber Press Place of Publication Portland, OR Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2013-05-21 US Release Date 2013-05-21 Publisher Workman Publishing Publication Date 2013-05-21 Subtitle Growing, Designing, and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties DEWEY 635.9525 Illustrations 334 color photos Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-05-20 AU Release Date 2013-05-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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