RHS The Little Book of Cacti & Succulents: The complete guide to choosing, growing and displaying

by The Royal Horticultural Society

Overview

An inspiring and indispensable small format guide to growing and caring for cacti and succulents

With fans far and wide, cacti and succulents come in myriad shapes and sizes too. These firm favorite of Instagram influencers are perfect for adding greenery indoors, and can add structure and detail to outdoor spaces as well. Smaller plants are companions for 'generation rent', since they are easily moved from place to place. Generally low-maintenance, being "plant mom" to one or two of these tiny plants often starts a life- long fascination, and an ever growing horde.

The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an inspiring and indispensable guide to growing these fascinating plants. Detailed Plant Profiles are divided into chapters according to style and shape, from beautiful trailing plants to intricately formed rosettes. At the beginning of the book, you'll find practical advice on getting started, caring for the plants through the year and troubleshooting to deal with common problems.

You can also discover how to grow your collection using various propagation techniques with step-by-step guidance.

Cacti and succulents provide year-round interest for very little input, and caring for their fascinating forms is an enchanting hobby. Full of beautiful photography and sweet illustrations, The Little Book of Cacti and Succulents is an encouraging and down-to earth guide to these weird and wonderful plants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784728342
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	650,635
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

The Royal Horticultural Society, founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Yorkshire), Rosemoor (Devon) and Bridgewater (Greater Manchester); flower shows including the Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Tatton Park Flower Show and Cardiff Flower Show; community gardening schemes; Britain in Bloom and a vast educational program. It also supports training for professional and amateur gardeners.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to use this book 8

Chapter 1 Getting Started 10

What are cacti and succulents? 12

Tools and equipment 16

Choosing pots and containers 18

Hanging baskets and containers 22

Potting soil for succulents 26

Indoors or outdoors? 28

Chapter 2 Caring for Your Collection 30

Choosing cacti and succulents 32

Plants at home 36

A year in the life 38

Keeping plants healthy and tidy 40

Watering and feeding 42

Repotting 46

Encouraging flowers 48

Troubleshooting 50

Chapter 3 Showing Off Your Plants 54

Windowsill arrangements 56

Project: Making a succulent dish landscape 58

Using plant stands 60

Project; Making a terrarium in a jar 62

Recycling broken pots 64

Using statement plants 66

Project: A trio of hanging baskets 68

Centrepieces 70

Chapter 4 Plant Profiles 72

How to choose what you'll grow 74

Growing outdoors 76

Cactus profiles 80

Succulent profiles 106

Chapter 5 Creating New Plants 128

Growing from seed and taking offsets 130

Growing new plants from leaf and stem cuttings 134

Glossary 138

Further resources 140

Index 142

Credits 144