Cacti and Succulents Handbook, Second Edition

Learn everything there is to know about cacti and succulent care in this newly updated, easy-to-use volume. Packed with insight on more than 300 types of succulents and cacti, each plant profile contains gorgeous photography, botanical and common names, must-know advice and more.

This handy guide also includes simple instructions on choosing the right plants and helping them thrive, plus tips on how to propagate succulents and cacti, repotting, grooming and pest control. The updated edition features all new photography, updates to scientific names of original plants based on current standards, 70 new cacti species and 100 new succulent species.

Author and award-winning researcher Gideon F. Smith previously served as president for the International Organization of Succulent Plant Study and has published over 500 scientific and popular papers on the taxonomy, biology and evolution of succulent plants.

Softcover, 256 pages, 2022.