The Cut Flower Sourcebook: Exceptional Perennials and Woody Plants for Cutting

Growing your own flowers for cutting brings the pleasures of the season indoors and cuts out the air miles associated with many shop-bought blooms. This book showcases 128 rigorously trialled plants and a garden-led philosophy that results in exceptional arrangements. It includes classics like peonies and dahlias, as well as daisies, climbers, grasses, and fruit blossom, and features beautiful photographs that capture the seasonal diversity and natural ease of this contemporary approach to cut flowers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Filbert Press

Growing your own flowers for cutting brings the joys of the season indoors and eliminates the air miles associated with many shop-bought blooms. This book showcases the finest perennials and woody plants that return year after year with minimal effort or waste, provide valuable habitats for garden wildlife, and add a natural touch to arrangements. Rachel Siegfried, owner of the renowned Green & Gorgeous flower farm, began her career as an estate gardener and in this book, she shares her selection of 128 rigorously trialed plants and her garden-led philosophy that together yield such exceptional results. Cut flower classics such as peonies and dahlias share space with daisies, climbers, grasses, and fruit blossoms. Her exquisite arrangements capture the essence of each plant, making the most of characterful stem twists and branching tendrils—testimony to years of expert botanical observation and hands-on experience in the soil. Beautiful photographs showcase the seasonal diversity and natural ease that are a hallmark of this thoroughly contemporary approach to cut flowers. Whether your goal is to have something to pick from your garden each week of the year or start a cut flower business, the inspiration to get started and the expert advice you need is here.

Weight: 1186g
Dimension: 725 x 322 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781739903923