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Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring all year round. 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. Beginning and experienced gardeners, designers and plant collectors 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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A complete design compendium showing the dazzling possibilities in shape, texture and colour offered by succulent plants, from the undulating lines of Agave americana 'Marginata' to the frilly leaved rosettes of echeveria hybrids.
RHS Wisley Bookshop 01/03/2007
The advice given is wise and borne of the author's firsthand experience, but is not too prescriptive and is full of great ideas with illustrations to match.
Nigel Taylor Gardens Illustrated 01/10/2007
[With] 255 pages filled with over 300 high quality photographs of exquisite plants and exemplary gardens, Designing with Succulents should be a necessary purchase for any gardener.
Michael Buckner Let's Talk Plants 01/06/2007
Baldwin's alluring and stimulating guide offers a wealth of design ideas melded with informative cultural advice and opens gardeners' eyes to a breathtaking variety of succulents for any situation. ... Towering to tiny, the array of succulents presented is exciting and compelling.
Alice Joyce Booklist 15/04/2007
A solid overview for landscape architects working with succulents.
Landscape Architecture 01/09/2007
New plantings as well as additions to existing gardens will benefit from Baldwin's presentation of color, texture, and shape in the form of drought-tolerant plant species.
John Bagnasco Garden Compass 01/11/2007
Provides inspiration for creating color, texture, and interest — just the qualities every garden's artistic director seeks. Let Debra Lee Baldwin introduce you to the fun of designing with succulents.
Sandra J. Sandefur Perennial Notes 01/07/2007
Those designing a new landscape and those hoping to add these botanical treasures into an existing garden will find Baldwin's gorgeously illustrated, detail-rich guide a worthy purchase.
Library Journal 01/12/2008