A beginner's guide to succulent gardening : a step-by-step guide to growing beautiful & long-lasting succulents / Taku Furuya.

Translated from the Japanese.

Spring/Fall Types -- Echeveria rosularis/E. elegans -- Graptopetalum "Francesco Baldi" -- Pachyphytum oviferum "Hoshibijin" -- Cotyledon tomentosa "Bears Paw" -- Kalanchoe tomentosa "Panda Plant" -- Senecio rowleyanus "String of Pearls" -- Othonna capensis "Ruby Necklace" -- Crassula capitella "Campfire" -- Sedum rubrotinctum "Jelly Bean Plant"/Variegated Sedum rubrotinctum "Aurora"/Sedum oryzifolium "Tiny Form" -- Aeonium haworthii "Tricolor" -- Plectranthus aromaticus -- Haworthia pilifera/H. obtusa -- Orostachys boehmeri -- Tillandsia harrisii (air plants) -- Spring/Summer/Fall Types -- Cactus: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii "Moon Cactus" or "Hibotan" -- Cactus: Mammillaria carmenael Epithelantha micromeris ungnispina "Kaguya Hime" -- Euphorbia enopla/E. mammillaris variegata "Shirakaba Kirin" -- Agave victoriae-reginae "Hime Sasanoyuki" -- Fall/Winter/Spring Types -- Dudley a brittonii -- Conophytum "Shukuten"/C. obcordellumlC. bilobum -- Lithops aucampiae/L. bromfieldii insularis/L. salicola -- Fundamentals for Growing Succulents: (About Placement and Sunlight/About Watering/About Planting Soil/Lasting through Summer and Winter).

Adored for their charming shapes and colors, respected for their resilience and adaptability, and just plain fun to have around—succulents are the hottest home gardening trend today. This book contains all sorts of helpful tips on what to look for when buying a plant, how to troubleshoot when your succulent shows signs of distress, how to trim the leaves and stems, and how to start new plants from cuttings. Clear diagrams and at-a-glance fact sheets for each variety, as well as inspirational photos of attractively and happily-housed succulents, fill the pages of this book.