The Gardener's Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes
At last: a book that shows readers just how easy, hardy, and rewarding cactus can be for everyone — not just specialists. Succulent plant expert Scott Calhoun picks 100 of the best cactus available and shows how they can make striking additions to your garden or serve as dazzling container specimens.
Whether you want striking form, gorgeous flowers, or a low-maintenance plant for a spot that needs little or no supplementary water, you'll find it in this friendly, informative, eye-catching guide.
- Detailed descriptions of the 100 best cactus for gardens
- Stunning photos
- Expert advice on planting and care
- How to show cactus
- Tips for growing cactus in containers
- Best tools and planting media
- How to identify and avoid pests
- Helpful lists of spineless, culinary, and scented cactus
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 228 pp.
- Book dimensions: 8 x 9 in. (230 x 205 mm.)
- Images: 128 color photos
- ISBN-10: 1604692006
- ISBN-13: 9781604692006
About the author
Scott Calhoun
Scott Calhoun is an award-winning author and garden designer based in Tucson, Arizona, and the author of several award-winning gardening books. He writes a monthly garden column for Sunset magazine and has written for most national gardening magazines. In his design practice, he incorporates cactus into every residential space and sees them as the plant family of the future — especially in arid parts of the world.
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