Debra Lee Baldwin 's latest book, "Succulents Simplified: Growing, Designing, and Crafting With 100 Easy-Care Varieties" (Timber Press, $24.95) is a helpful, detailed primer on gardening with the ...

From the horticultural perspective, the container’s diameter should be 1 or 2 inches larger than the plant’s root ball, and, because succulent plants have shallow roots, could be broad and low.

Cactus and succulents will be in a coarse material that often falls away when removed from the container. This is OK, since they are shallow-rooted and will establish quickly.

ANNA GOESER’S container gardens -- desert dioramas she calls Mojave bonsai -- started as simple arrangements of cactuses and succulents. Then she began to add roads, cars and people. “They ...

Cactus and other succulents grow well indoors, as long as they get a few hours of bright light each day. They require only a little water once every week or two, and they can live for many years ...

Autumn and winter succulent container gardens: After the growing season, Haynes uses succulents and sedums for late autumn and winter pots. “Anything creeping can keep its leaves all winter long ...

Succulent and cactus soils come in various compositions, quantities and containers. These are the key things to consider when shopping for cactus and succulent soil.

Succulent plants like to approach dryness before being watered. For outdoor pots, pull succulent containers under the porch in the winter so that they don’t get too much rain.

"Succulents enjoy their soil on the drier side so a weekly watering is far too much for these plants. It's always best to feel the soil of your plant to gauge whether it needs watering or not. "In ...

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A variety of succulents — aloe vera, silver jelly bean, coppertone sedum, “Fred Ives” graptoveria, hen and chicks, pink vygie, fine gold leaf sedum — in a container at the Dallas Arboretum.