The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti & Succulents: The definitive practical reference on identification, care and cultivation, with a directory of 400 varieties and 700 photographs

Love this book. Full of useful information -- botanical background on succulents, growing these plants indoors and outdoors, in containers or in ground, pests, tools, propagation, specific families and species. Has various lists such as -- succulents for beginners, cacti for beginners, succulents/cacti for advanced, those for shade, cold tolerant, caudiciforms, and more categories. Nice handy size and light weight enough to carry around for quick reference. He has a great online succulent nursery with a wide variety of quality plants. Have ordered plants from him for years and have never been disappointed.

I love how thorough this book can be. I am not saying this gives how to set up a nursery of cacti and forever set you off with all the questions you need answered, but it helps the avid grower. This has examples from all the major species, as well as a picture, information about where they come from and where they grow best. It also gives general tips on care and maintenance to keep your hobby alive and well. I bought this book more because it had a large section for succulents than because it's a complete illustrated guide, but I really do like having pictures to show exactly what they are talking about.

I really like this book. There seems to be lots of books on cacti and succulents with photos and descriptions of a large number of species but with very little cultural information. This book takes a different approach. It assumes you wish to grow cacti and succulents and helps you make your selection based on their growing requirements. It gives a lot of good cultural information. I have quite a few cacti and succulent books but this one fill a gap that my other books don't cover very well.

This book is my first concerning Succulents, which I am growing for my leopard gecko's terrarium, and I would say it is an excellent starting point for learning about this type of gardening. I enjoy the fact that it illustrates and describes a large variety of succulents and therefore provides ideas about potential setups and new plants to obtain. I learned about proper substrate setup as well and various problems that could harm my plat as well; however the one thing I wanted to see expanded information is proper indoor lighting setups and requirements.

Good, but not what was expected or needed. Good for cactus in the wild, but not for identifying succulents. Not exactly an encyclopedia either. I ended up buying other books to help identify succulents.

This book gives good descriptions and photos on different cultivars of cacti. I really enjoy the fact that information can be found easily on various cacti.

Informative great addition to my plant library. Definitely not a throw away book.

Very educational

Nice and informative book for those who love cactus and succulents.

Very nice book, ideal for cactus and succulent lovers. A good range of plants are covered, although you don’t find every plant in the index you might be looking for. Some interesting information on where the plants come from, in their home environment. Also, advice on problems/diseases. Plants for different conditions listed is another useful element.

The book is in perfect shape and very interesting. Many species of cacti and succulents are shown and there is a section on care and conditions for them. Very nice to have.

I was looking for more details on some cacti that I had, thus this purchase. I was able to find my cactus in the book -great help!

Very informative