The Succulents Design Book: Container Combinations That Look Great and Thrive Together Year-Round

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Kentaro Kuroda

The Succulents Design Book

Container Combinations That Look Great and Thrive Together Year-Round

Kentaro Kuroda

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Tuttle Publishing
01 May 2024

House plants

Container succulents designed for your space and style that thrive and look great year-round!

This book is your instant guide to creating the succulent container gardens you have always wanted! The Succulents Design Book shows you how to group plants with compatible growing cycles in a way that balances their colours, shapes and sizes so the arrangements look beautiful all year long.

The 36 combinations presented provide design ideas for every type of space and decor Each arrangement will thrive and look good throughout the year since the not only the shapes, sizes and colours of the plants match, but their individual growing cycles are also synchronised Practical step-by-step instructions and layout diagrams make creating these arrangements foolproof A field guide to the 100 succulents used in the book helps you purchase the plants with confidence Includes information on soils, additives, watering, fertilising, light exposure, pest management and more

The stunning photos in this book will inspire you to create unique combinations using unusual and unexpected containers, from hanging pots to old tins. And because the plants are compatible and grow well together, they will continue to look good over time.

Expert author Kentaro Kuroda emphasises the differences between summer and winter seasonal varieties and shows you how to artfully combine them so the plants will thrive together year-round.

By: Kentaro Kuroda
Imprint: Tuttle Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 652g
ISBN: 9780804856102
ISBN 10: 0804856109
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Kentaro Kuroda, is a horticulturist and founder of Flora Kuroda Gardening in Saitama Prefecture. He specializes in imaginative group plantings and nostalgic vignettes. He is a blogger in his native Japan, and co-author of Container Succulents (Tuttle Publishing).

Reviews for The Succulents Design Book: Container Combinations That Look Great and Thrive Together Year-Round

"""This large format, beautifully illustrated paperback edition of The Succulents Design Book provides a complete and thoroughly 'user friendly' course of instruction that will have immense appeal and value for amateur and professional gardeners alike. While especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library gardening collections, […] the visual esthetics of container gardening as laid out in the pages of The Succulents Design Book will hold immense interest to interior designers as well."" —Midwest Book Review"