Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants for Every Climate PDF
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HARDY SUCCULENTS TOUGH PLANTS FOR EVERY CLIMATE HARDY SUCCULENTS GWEN MOORE KELAIDIS SAXON HOLT PHOTOGRAPHY BY The mission of Storey Publishing is to serve our customers by publishing practical information that encourages personal independence in harmony with the environment. Text © Gwen Moore Kelaidis Photography © Saxon Holt/Photo Botanic, except for the following: © Karen Bussolini, page 88; © Scott Calhoun/Zona Gardens, pages 39, 52, 61, 83, 121 bottom right, and page 140; © Randy Tatroe, page 124 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce illustrations in a review with appropriate credits; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other — without written permission from the publisher. The information in this book is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. All recommendations are made without guarantee on the part of the author or Storey Publishing. The author and publisher disclaim any liability in connection with the use of this information. For additional information, please contact Storey Publishing, 210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247. Storey books are available for special premium and promotional uses and for customized editions. For further information, please call 1-800-793-9396. Printed in China by R.R. Donnelley 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kelaidis, Gwen Moore. Hardy succulents : tough plants for every climate / Gwen Moore Kelaidis. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-58017700-9 (pbk. with flaps : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-58017- 701-6 (hardcover with jacket : alk. paper) 1. Succulent plants. I. Title. SB438.K45 2008 635.9’525—dc22 2007039890 Edited by Carleen Madigan Perkins and Gwen Steege Art direction by Mary Winkelman Velgos Cover design by Mary Winkelman Velgos based on a design by Chen Design Associates Text design by Mary Winkelman Velgos based on a design by Chen Design Associates Text production by Kristy L. MacWilliams Illustrations by © Beverly Duncan Indexed by Christine R. Lindemer, Boston Road Communications Front cover: Sempervivum ‘Faramir’ Front flap: Agave parryi, Opuntia basilaris, Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ Back cover: Yucca thompsoniana, Sedum sieboldii ‘Mediovariegatum’, Delosperma ‘Kelaidis’ Back flap: Escobaría missouriensis Page 2–3: Agave neomexicana Page 6–7, left to right: Orostachys spinosa, Sempervivum ‘Gold Bug’, Agave parryi, Opuntia engelmannii To all those who love plants simply for the beauty of their forms. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank all of the following people, without whom this book would not have been possible: My parents, Ouida Agnes Johnston Moore and Jesse Carl Moore, for teaching me to garden carefully and lovingly. My botany professors, Dr. John Thomson and Dr. Hugh H. Iltis, and my teacher Dr. Theodore S. Cochrane, all of the University of Wisconsin, for opening up to me the natural world in all its devastating beauty and precious variety. My fellow gardeners, especially Panayoti Kelaidis, Kelly Grummons, and Bill Adams, for sharing freely their extensive knowledge of succulents and for their generous sharing of plants. Also Lauren Springer Ogden, Barbara Cochrane, and many more. That great plantsman and nurseryman Harlan Hamernik, of Bluebird Nursery in Clarkson, Nebraska, and his wife, Shirley, for their outrageously generous donations of plants for my gardens. My friends Sandy Snyder and Marcia Tatroe and my sister, Carla Ann Young, for their continual support and encouragement of this effort. — GWEN MOORE KELAIDIS In pursuit of photographs to illustrate this book, I must first thank my coauthor, Gwen, who kept me focused on the hardiness factor, even when I suggested hardiness issues in my Zone 9 garden prevented me from growing kalanchoe. Acknowledgments to the gardeners, public gardens, and homeowners who so graciously allowed me access to their gardens are on page 148, but here I want to thank those who suggested locations and encouragement for this book: Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanic Gardens; Dan Benarcik at Chanticleer; Carlo Balistrieri; Ernesto Sandoval at the University of California, Davis; Richard Turner atPacific Horticulture magazine; Carl Schoenfeld at Yucca Do Nursery; and Gwen Steege at Storey Publishing. Finally, thanks, Flora! — SAXON HOLT CONTENTS
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