Pachyforms A Guide to Growing Caudiciform and Pachycaul Plants : Includes a Photgraphic Catalog of Pachyforms

Pachyforms is a complete guide to the selection and cultivation of the increasingly popular group of plants known as caudiciforms and pachycauls, species that develop thick bodies with sculptural forms. In Pachyforms, you will find information that will allow you to grow some of the most impressive plants in the world: baobobs and boojum trees; members of the passionflower family with bodies as large and wide as a witch's cauldron; species in the cucumber family that acquire the form of flying saucers, yams with complex geometric forms; morning glories with gorgeous flowers and egg-shaped weathered bodies.... This new updated edition of Pachyforms is illustrated with more than 680 color photographs and packed with practical advice, including cultivation notes on more than 180 species.--Back cover.