“Always have a book in the house and a flower in the garden,” advised the wise Epicurus. And a multi-million army of amateur flower growers agrees with him, including those who devoted their free time to growing cacti. There are perhaps no other flowers that, having arrived from America to Europe during the era of the Great Geographical Discoveries, spread so quickly, in just 100 years, throughout the world. But growing cacti is an art and science that requires certain knowledge: how to choose these plants, unlike others, what are the options for placing them in the interior, what is the secret of care, how to protect exotic flowers from diseases and pests, what to do to make cacti bloom ? You will get answers to these and many other questions by reading the book you are holding in your hands. Here you will also find a lot of useful recommendations, descriptions of the most different types of cacti, and the illustrations presented will allow you to appreciate the unique beauty of these austerely beautiful flowers, called the prickly miracle.