Introducing Succulents: A beginner's guide to succulent gardening

There are so many good reasons for starting a succulent garden. Not only are cacti and succulents easy to grow and look amazing in all their variety of colours and textures, but they are a perfect response to today's environmental concerns for water conservation.

This guide to the most popular cacti and succulents will help anyone who wants to collect succulents. Inside, you'll find details of more than 150 different succulents, all of which the author, Dr. Jimmy Whittaker, has successfully grown in South West Florida. The photographs were all taken by Jimmy and many of the plants can be seen living happily in the final two pictures in this book.

Topics covered include:

•Why, what and where are succulents •types of succulent
•diseases •pests •propagation
•descriptions and growing conditions for a series of named cacti and succulents.

Jimmy's enthusiasm for cacti and succulents followed his studies at the University of Florida where he qualified as a Florida Master Gardener. He has since enjoyed developing his own succulent garden, teaching other students and lecturing to garden groups. Jimmy is also a qualified teacher of the principles of "Square Foot Gardening".