If you are a fan of cacti and succulents, you will surely like anything related to them. And one of the things we suggest is getting the best guides to cacti and succulents. Because, do you know how to take care of these plants 100% and what each species needs?
Below we leave you a list of the best books that you have on the market so that you can choose the one that appeals to you the most (or the one that you like the most) and so you can enjoy your passion and at the same time learn to give the best to your plants. . Shall we start?
Successful Succulents: A Beginner's Guide
Written by Luis Tarancón, this book will teach you how to grow succulents, in addition to cacti, teaching you what the main care is so that you have beautiful, healthy specimens that bloom year after year.
All cultivation techniques and processes are based on their own experience, among which we can find (from the synopsis of the book), the following:
- Basic notions for the successful cultivation of cacti and other succulent plants.
- The main technical factors and materials to be used in the cultivation of succulent plants.
- How to grow terrestrial cacti and epiphytic cacti (orchid cacti).
- How to grow agaves, pitas or piteras.
- How to grow aloes, gasterias and haworthias.
- How to grow lithops and kalanchoes.
- How to grow immortelles and echeverias.
- How to hybridize, sow and propagate your own plants in the best conditions.
Cacti and other succulents
Written by Carme Farré. In this book you will obtain three different lessons: on the one hand, practical gardening knowledge, in which the experts themselves will recommend you what is the proper location of succulents, what substrate is best, when to water them, how they reproduce and also how to protect them in winter.
On the other hand, you will have which are the most appreciated species. A set of 120 different species. And finally, questions and answers that can give you the keys to know and delve deeper into cacti and succulents.
The cactus garden
In this case, it is written by Francisco Javier Alonso de la Paz and In it you will find a treatise that describes in depth the different varieties of cacti. and succulent plants, giving advice on their cultivation and care.
But it will also tell you about the different options you have to have them, from succulent gardens, centerpieces...
Pay attention above all to watering and fertilizing, reproduction, cuttings and grafts, pest treatment...
Cacti and other succulent plants
In this case, the 128-page book offers us: eight basic actions, 37 types of cacti and 15 types of succulents.
As explained in the synopsis, We have simple tricks and tips to find the best cacti for beginners, as well as the essential care of these.
It is written by Jordi Font Barris and illustrated by Judit Frigola Fontacaba.
Cactus and Succulent Care: Everything You Need to Know About Planting Cacti and Succulents
Written by Angelica de la Cruz, and translated by Cristofer Guardia, This book of less than 100 pages is a very practical guide to cacti and succulents. We could say that it focuses only and specifically on the most important care so that you know what to do.
Selection of cacti and succulent plants
«Cacti and succulent plants are capable of surviving in such extreme environmental conditions that they have been forced to create adaptation systems different from those of the rest of the flora. Great water storage, capacity to reflect solar radiation and long roots are some of the peculiarities of these plants.
This is how it presents us with the plants for which complete information is going to be provided, tips for growing them correctly, curiosities... and all this accompanied by some color plates of each species it deals with.
The big book of cacti and other succulent plants
Once again we return to the writer Carme Farré to recommend another of the best guides to cacti and succulents.
In the book, of less than two hundred pages, we have information on species and varieties, but also about cultivation, reproduction, diseases and pests that can affect these plants.
You will find more than 50 different species with tokens. And the most curious thing is that it attaches an annex in which it tells you where you can see these species (gardens where you will find them so that you can see them developed).
Illustrated encyclopedia of cacti and other succulents
You must keep in mind that this is the second volume. It is written by Antonio Gómez Sánchez who uses his own knowledge and species to teach how to grow them based on their experience.
As stated in the synopsis, they are two books suitable for both fans of succulents and cacti as well as for professionals in the sector.
The guide to atypical succulents
Written by Camila Hernández and Diego Villanueva, this book will help you care for, reproduce and decorate with succulents and cacti.
In fact, the two writers are the creators of Atypical succulents, a reference website for these plants. In the book they have collected much of the information that is on the page to explain in a simple and enjoyable way. the most important care so that they are healthy and grow with vitality.
Succulents: Beginner's Guide
Written by Françoise Pelletier, this book focuses on succulents, but also cacti (although it is not said in the title or seen on the cover of the book.
In it you will find a care guide for succulent plants, how to care for cacti, the steps to create a succulent garden and the main problems you can face when caring for these plants.
Guide to cacti and other succulents
Finally, another of the best guides to cacti and succulents that we recommend, and also one of the oldest, is this botany field guide in which you will find many photos and illustrations that will help you identify species.
It is also the longest, at almost 400 pages. But we do not know (because nothing is said in the synopsis), if it also deals with the main care of each species. It is written by Edgar and Brian Lamb.
As you can see, there are many better guides to cacti and succulents to choose from. Depending on whether you like them to be more visual or more practical, you can choose one or the other. Yes ok, We recommend that it be better on paper so that you can appreciate the images much better. and above all, have it as a reference guide to consult whenever you want. Do you recommend any to us?