Succulents Simplified: Growing, Designing and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties

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Succulents Simplified is a complete primer on choosing, growing and designing with succulents. "Demystifies these popular low-water beauties." - Country Gardens Magazine Whether you're a novice or veteran, have an acre to fill or a just few pots, or live in Calexico or Canada, Succulents Simplified is a dazzling primer for success with succulents! Debra Lee Baldwin, the Queen of Succulents, profiles the 100 top plant picks and includes basic information on how to grow and care for succulents no matter where you live. Step-by-step projects, including a cake-stand centerpiece, special-occasion bouquets, a vertical garden, and a succulent topiary sphere, will inspire you to express your individual style. AUTHOR: Debra Lee Baldwin, an award-winning photojournalist, is widely hailed as the "Queen of Succulents." She helped launched the gardening world's interest in succulents with her first book, Designing with Succulents, and with her two other books Succulent Container Gardens and Succulents Simplified. Baldwin's own half-acre garden has been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Sunset, San Diego Home and Garden, and other publications. 334 colour photographs

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"Anyone who knows Debra Lee Baldwin is aware of her extraordinary prowess as an author, writer, photographer, and artist. Her book, Succulents Simplified, is a work of art." --Fran Sorin, CBS Radio Network

"From quick and easy succulent rosettes for bouquets, to teeny tiny mint-tin gardens, to succulent-topped pumpkins there's a project in this book for even the most craft-challenged." --Gossip in the Garden

"This fresh and entertaining volume certainly deserves a green thumbs-up." --Sunset

"The perfect starter volume for those new to succulents, while satisfying and delighting veterans with the variation and solid growing tips based on the author's evident joy in succulents and cacti." --New York Journal of Books

"A beautifully produced and photographed new book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to know more about this fascinating group of plants both in the wild or in your backyard." --Akron Beacon Journal

"Straightforward advice on cultivation, propagation, and seasonal care." --Hortus

Author Bio

Debra Lee Baldwin is a leading garden photojournalist and hands-on gardener. Her books, such as 'Succulent Container Gardens' (Timber Press 2010) and 'Designing with Succulents' (Timber Press 2007), have changed the way gardeners and designers work with some of the world's most unusual plants.