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Zusatztext “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 Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext “ Succulents Simplified makes it easy to see why these stunning plants are so seductive. Whether you’re just starting out with succulents or looking to grow your collection, this book contains everything you need to know to grow them successfully—design ideas, seasonal care tips, quick projects, and a list of the top 100 easiest kinds, from bizarre to beautiful.” —Kathleen Brenzel, Sunset Magazine Vorwort Succulents Simplified is a complete primer on choosing, growing and designing with succulents. Introduction When people ask me how I became interested in succulents, I tell them I toured an amazing succulent garden on assignment for the San Diego Union-Tribune . Horticulturist Patrick Anderson and his aloe garden opened my eyes to the beauty of succulents and their potential in garden design. Yet even as I say this, around the edges of my awareness floats a much earlier memory. I was eight or nine years old when I went with my mother to a home in a wealthy community for an occasion I don’t remember. When we returned home, my mother described the house to my father: "Big picture windows, but imagine having to clean them. Views of the golf course, but the property is too steep. Surrounded by trees, but they shed leaves and bark. Big deck off the living room, but no garden." No garden? There had been an astonishing one, in pots on the deck, with plants unlike any I’d seen before. They looked like eels, starfish, and coral. One was a perfect little sphere with a green-and-maroon herringbone pattern. Others were necklaces of blue-gray buttons, rubbery silver-blue roses, and sticks of green chalk with windowed tips. My mother concluded wistfully, "Maybe someday Debbie will have a house like that." Why would I want it, I wondered, if it came with dirty windows, messy trees, and near-vertical land? On the other hand, who wouldn’t want that deck garden? It became something I longed for, along with a saltwater aquarium, a hot air balloon, and an unlimited supply of chocolate marshmallows. I no longer want any of those, but succulents continue to seduce me. I’m that little girl again when I see a succulent I haven’t seen before, or...
