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Designing with Succulents

Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round.

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Featuring the work of more than 50 professional garden designers and creative homeowners, this complete design compendium is as practical as it is inspirational.

Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs, it gives design and cultivation basics for paths, borders, slopes, and containers; hundreds of succulent plant recommendations; and descriptions of 90 easy-care, drought-tolerant companion plants.

Beginners and experienced designers, landscapers, and collectors alike will find what they need to visualize, create, and nurture the three-dimensional work of art that is the succulent garden..

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Author: Debra Lee Baldwin

Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated

Date: Apr. 1, 2007

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