This book celebrates the ravishing beauty of desert plants, and shows their sculptural charm at its very best in idyllic garden settings.

What can we expect from our cacti and succulent gardens? For those who are willing to push the envelope, there seems to be no limit. This message becomes clear in a book by author Thomas Hobbs.

Garden fads come and go, but the tried-and-true never fails to satisfy the discerning gardener. This is what really makes alpine plants and rock gardens so fulfilling. Now there´s a delightful guide on creating small rock gardens.

In cold climates gardeners often grow cacti and succulents indoors or in greenhouses. They need sound advice on coping with greenhouse pest problems, and this is the book they should turn to.

As a survival guide, a book by Christopher Nyerges can´t be beat. He is author of "Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants." It has a foreword by Ed Begley, Jr. This was released by the Chicago Review Press.

Several cheery weeks of unfurling magnificient blooms are what you´ll get from the Easter cactus as well as the other types used for the other holidays.

Bitter root and hen and chicks are hardy succulent perennials. These are easy to grow from seed.

If you're looking for some small cacti with unusual shapes and forms, the bishop's caps are just the thing.

Though this plant also goes by the name two-row stonecrop, that doesn´t sound half as exciting as the name Voodoo (Sedum spurium ´Voodoo´).

If you want reliable succulents for your landscape or container garden, you won´t go wrong with these award winning varieties.