Succulents for Beginners: A Year-Round Growing Guide for Healthy and Beautiful Plants (over 200 Photos and Illustrations)

by Misa Matsuyama

Overview

Succulents for Beginners is the perfect introduction to this friendly and forgiving plant family. Misa Matsuyama—the bestselling author of The Gardener's Guide to Succulents—shows you how to plant and maintain the most popular varieties of succulents and cacti with reassuring advice and minimum fuss.

This book has over 200 clear, color photos and illustrations and is absolutely packed full of all the basic information you need to keep succulents thriving, including:

• A detailed month-by-month growing guide explaining all the planting and maintenance steps—everything from propagating and basic watering to repotting and group planting
• A clear overview of the basic seasonal types and most popular succulent families and their particular characteristics
• Which plants, tools, soils, and containers to use for the best results
• Answers to frequently asked questions, giving clear, concise solutions to the most common issues encountered by beginners
• A special section on how to create a healthy environment for your plants so you can enjoy them for many years to come
• Inspiring and creative ways to display your succulents in different rooms and locations—indoors or outdoors

The month-by-month format and simple, yet thorough, instructions will have you referring to this handy resource again and again. Gorgeous photos and helpful tips invite you to bring more and more of these plants into your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804854603
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2022
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	356,113
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Misa Matsuyama is a horticulturist specializing in succulents, as well as a teacher and author of books on raising and displaying them. She is the creative director of sol x sol, a Japanese company selling succulent plants, pots and tools and offering inspiration to home gardeners. She is the author of Tuttle's bestselling The Gardener's Guide to Succulents: A Handbook of Over 125 Exquisite Varieties of Succulents and Cacti. You can find her work at www.solxsol.com

Editorial Reviews

12/06/2021

Matsuyama (The Gardener’s Guide to Succulents) reviews the basics of caring for succulents in this charming primer. Native to arid areas, the sun-loving and often humidity-averse succulent has a reputation for being easy, yet, Matsuyama writes, “the trick is in how to care for them.” To explain how to do so, she divides the plants into three season-based growth types (those that thrive in summer, spring, and winter), organizes them further by genus, and zooms in on their identifying characteristics, such as the color-changing rosettes of Echeveria, the fleshy leaves of Sedum, and the spiny shapes of cacti. Matsuyama shares her recommendations for soil mix, containers, pruning, repotting, watering, fertilizing, and observing the plants’ dormancy. Most newbies make a common mistake—insufficient light—and Matsuyama takes a pragmatic, realistic approach, urging readers to let the plants hang out on their desk while they work, then move them to a sunny spot on the days they’re not working. Matsuyama has a calming, whimsical touch, and the accompanying photos are spare and airy, full of natural light, weathered wood surfaces, and rough-textured pottery. Matsuyama’s minimalist take is sure to please. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"Matsuyama has a calming, whimsical touch, and the accompanying photos are spare and airy, full of natural light, weathered wood surfaces, and rough-textured pottery. Matsuyama's minimalist take is sure to please." — Publishers Weekly

"This beginner-friendly book is perfect for those who are in the starter stage of succulent gardening." — Washington Gardener magazine

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