The Succulent Garden: A Practical Gardening Guide
Cave, a New Zealand writer and photographer, describes in detail the 31 main genera of succulents and some of their species, including information on size, shape, color, flowers, and habitat. There are chapters on cultivation, care, and propagation; landscaping; companion plants, such as cacti, palms, cycads, ground covers, and grasses; growing succulents in containers; and problems with succulents. The paperback has 120 resplendent color photographs; 5 are of plants from the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles, where more than 4,000 species are grown.George Cohen