Book List:   Succulent Plants

Books about Succulent Plants

Succulents : The Illustrated Dictionary
by Maurizio Sajeva , Mariangela Constanzo
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9780881923988     Pub. Date: 01/28/1997
A time-tested reference, this first volume includes some of the best-known and most cultivated genera such as Agave, Haworthia, Kalanchoe, and Yucca and species from 35 plant families and 195 genera worldwide in distribution. Alphabetically arranged species entries include a brief description and place of origin.

Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa
by Gideon Smith & Neil Crouch
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781770076624     Pub. Date: 11/01/2009
Succulents are increasingly popular in the face of the need for water-wise gardening, and this handy book serves as a guide to many well-known varieties
Gideon Smith is South Africa's most prolific author on succulent plants. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific papers, as well as popular works such as Gardening with Succulents, Cacti and Succulents and First Field Guide to Aloes. He is chief director for Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

Hardy Succulents : Tough Plants for Every Climate
by Gwen Kelaidis & Saxon Holt
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781580177009     Pub. Date: 02/20/2008
From agaves to ice plants, sedums to sempervivums, hardy succulents bring beauty, versatility, and intrigue to gardens in every hardiness zone. They are also hardworking, tenacious, and forgiving of the forgetful gardener. Discover the pleasures of succulent gardening with the thoughtful selection advice, step-by-step growing instructions, practical care tips, and useful design ideas collected in Hardy Succulents, the only book dedicated to establishing the low-fuss succulent far beyond its traditional desert setting.

The Garden Succulents Primer
by Gideon Smith & Ben-Erik van Wyk
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881929546     Pub. Date: 09/01/2008
Succulents and rock garden plants have become popular for their ease of cultivation, diversity of form, and striking colors. Their natural drought tolerance makes them especially useful for gardens in arid climates and water-conserving gardens. The Garden Succulents Primer is a user-friendly identification guide with detailed descriptions of more than 400 well-known succulents and their close relatives that will allow readers to quickly determine the family to which a succulent belongs. Descriptions are supported with 450 color photographs that showcase each plant's distinctive shape and color. Includes chapters on use, conservation, cultivation, and propagation.

Designing with Succulents
by Debra Baldwin
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881928167     Pub. Date: 04/15/2007
Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round. Featuring the work of more than 50 professional garden designers and creative homeowners, with hundreds of plant recommendations, this lavishly illustrated, practical guide is a design essential.

Succulent Container Gardens : Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants
by Debra Baldwin
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881929591     Pub. Date: 01/20/2010
With their colourful leaves, sculptural shapes, and simple care, succulents are beautiful yet forgiving plants for pots. If grown in containers, these dry-climate jewels, including but not limited to cacti, can be brought indoors in winter and so can thrive anywhere in the world. In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of Designing with Succulents provides everything beginners and experienced gardeners need to know to create stunning container displays of waterwise plants.

Left: Pachyforms: A Guide to Growing Pachycaul and Caudiciform Plants
by Philippe de Vosjoli
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9780974297118     Pub. Date: May 2004

 
Right: Succulents for Mediterranean Climate Gardens
by Diana Morgan
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781877058264     Pub. Date: 09/01/2004

Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
by Urs Eggli & Leonard Newton
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9783540004899     Pub. Date: 10/01/2007
The Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names explains the meanings of the scientific names given to all known succulent plants, including cacti. With the derivation of the currently accepted names of over 10,000 taxa, the dictionary is a useful supplement to the Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants (below). It is a valuable reference for plant scientists, horticulturists, and hobbyists with an interest in succulent plants.

Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants

The Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants in six volumes represents the first comprehensive taxonomic treatment of succulents in thirty years. It covers over 9000 taxa of all succulents except Cactaceae with chapters on individual plant families written by experts. This up-to-date work is ideally suited for anyone interested in these fascinating plants, including hobbyists, plant scientists, horticulturalists and herbarium staff.

Guides to Individual Genera and Families

African Violets: The Complete Guide
by Joan Hill & Gwen Goodship
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781861261502     Pub. Date: 03/28/1998
The African Violet (Saintpaulia) continues to increase in popularity, having developed over the last fifty years from its few hundred varieties to the thousands that exist today in an ever-increasing range of colour and type. This guide includes chapters on the plant's history, development and classification, and provides practical information and advice on propagation, general care, hybridization and the prevention and treatment of pests and diseases. Written in a non-technical style, it seeks to explode the myth that African Violets are difficult to grow.

Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants : A Gardener's Guide
by Mary Irish & Gary Irish
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881924428     Pub. Date: 05/10/2000
Architectural and striking, these drought-tolerant plants provide excellent contrast to flowering perennial plantings. All the necessary tips to achieve success can be found in this helpful and expert text.
Mary Irish is the former director of public horticulture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. She has written extensively on dry-climate gardening.

Aloes in Southern Africa
by Gideon Smith & Braam van Wyk
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781770074620     Pub. Date: 09/01/2008
Popular 'architectural plants', aloes are widely used in gardens and there is growing interest in their medicinal and commercial uses
Gideon Smith is South Africa's most prolific author on succulent plants. He is chief director for Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Braam van Wyk, a graduate of the Universities of Potchefstroom and Pretoria, is a plant taxonomist by training, with a wide interest in the classification of the rich southern African flora.

Begonias : Cultivation, Identification, and Natural History
by Mark C. Tebbitt
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881927337     Pub. Date: 08/22/2005
Begonias have enormous horticultural appeal, are widely cultivated in the home, and include hardy species for the garden and semi-hardy species for containers. Concise descriptions, keys, and elegant illustrations of more than 300 commonly grown species and their most popular cultivars are included.

Buried Treasures : Finding and Growing the World's Choicest Bulbs
by Janis Ruksans & Janis Rukscaron Ans
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881928181     Pub. Date: 06/15/2007
For decades, Janis Ruksans has been scouring remote and dangerous regions of Europe and Asia to bring back the botanical treasures that he describes in this book. Packed with accounts of his extensive travels, Buried Treasures also offers an abundance of trustworthy information about the care and cultivation of every major and minor genus of bulb-forming plant.

Bulbs Of North America
by North American Rock Garden Society, Jane McGary
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781604690798     Pub. Date: 03/27/2009
Rock gardeners and travelers planning a field trip to choice plant-viewing sites all over the continent will be inspired by these firsthand accounts. This is a black-and-white edition.

Cape Bulbs
by Richard Doutt
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781604691795     Pub. Date: 11/27/2009
This handy reference guide describes several hundred Cape bulbs currently in cultivation (along with several companion plants), providing information about their care and culture. This is a black-and-white edition.

The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs
by John Manning, Peter Goldblatt & Dee Snijman
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9780881925470     Pub. Date: 12/31/2002
This first complete account of all the bulbous plants of the Cape Floral Region is an essential aid to the identification of all species presently in cultivation.

Sedum
by Ray Stephenson
Paperback     ISBN-13: 9781604691009     Pub. Date: 05/22/2009
Provides complete information on these versatile succulents.
 
Ray Stephenson is the Founder and Chairman of the Sedum Society in England, and his Northumberland garden with its 800 different stonecrops, probably the most diverse collection in the world, has been officially designated as The National Collection of Sedum. Stephenson is also the editor of the Sedum Society Newsletter.

The Compleat Squash : A Passionate Grower's Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes, and Gourds
by Amy Goldman & Victor Schrager
Hardcover     ISBN-13: 9781579652517     Pub. Date: 10/15/2004
Part gardening book, part "encounters with remarkable vegetables," Amy Goldman's The Compleat Squash unearths the personalities, yes, personalities, of the pumpkin and the squash. They are members in good standing in the horticultural hall of fame, and Goldman lovingly ponders their case histories and culinary merits both with common and uncommon varieties. She gets glorious help from award-winning photographer Victor Schrager, who brings out their eclectic beauty in more than 150 luminous color portraits. Growing, harvesting, and seed-saving instructions are included for the gardener, and for the cook a selection of recipes that show off the unique, lovely flavors of these versatile vegetables.