The ideal companion for anyone starting a new cut flower patch,
inspiring and guiding you to fill your home with armfuls of fresh,
sustainable, and beautiful blooms all year around.
Flowers brighten our homes, our lives and, when they are homegrown, they
also brighten our gardens - not just for us, but also for the buzzing
wildlife that loves their nectar. Growing your own flowers gives the
huge satisfaction of harvesting something from a plant you have
nurtured, and brings a greater connection with nature and the seasons.
It also allows you to have a house full of flowers at a fraction of the
cost of buying them, all with a sustainable, positive environmental
impact.
RHS The Little Book of Cut-Flower Gardening is the perfect
introduction to growing your own blooms. Whether your cut-flower patch
is a handful of pots or a gracious yard, you'll find accessible
information on successful and sustainable growing, to keep your plot
healthy and as productive as possible. As well as introductory chapters
on planning and gardening basics, there are details on how to cut your
flowers and extend their vase life, and how to dry flowers for
everlasting arrangements.
More than just flowers, the directories break down the blooms and
foliage into their different groups. There are sections on annuals from
seed, such as love-in-a-mist, ammi and sweet peas; growing bulbs and
tubers such as tulips and dahlias; perennials for flower and foliage,
such as lady's mantle, lavender, roses, apple mint and ornamental
grasses; and shrubs and trees for foliage, flower, spring blossom and
colourful winter stems.
