The cut flower patch Grow your own cut flowers all year round
Book - 2014
Louise Curley looks at what makes a great cut flower, ideal conditions and soil and the tools you'll need. There is advice on what to grow - from favourite hardy annuals, half hardies and biennials to spring and summer bulbs to adding foliage and fillers to balance arrangements - and advice on how and when to sow, how to support your plants and tips on weeding, deadheading, pests and feeding.
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- Published
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London :
Frances Lincoln
2014.
©2013 - Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First Frances Lincoln edition
- Physical Description
- 224 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780711234758
- Introduction
- Choosing the right plant
- Planning a cutting patch
- Planting plans
- Annuals & biennials
- Wedding flowers
- Bulbs, corms & tubers
- Foliage & fillers
- Making your cutting patch
- Caring for your patch
- Cutting time
- Showing off
- Rich pickings
- Traditional flower growing
- A year on the patch
- Sowing & planting calendar
- Cutting patch calendar
- Favoured resources
- Index
- Acknowledgments