The Cut Flower Patch: Grow your own cut flowers all year round

I'm dividing my review into two parts: an unbiased review and a view/warning as an American gardener. My overall score is not related to the bit about growing in America.Firstly, the book is nicely made. It's well crafted and has beautiful photos and and lay-outs. She neatly breaks down the tasks of growing flowers and describes great ways on how to grow enough flowers to keep your house full all growing season long. I appreciate especially where she takes the chance to explain certain practices she endorses, such as purchasing coppiced local wood rather than foreign bamboo and being aware of the lack of pollinator food going around. I did feel there could have been more plants listed with more hints to how to grow them. Specific cultivars of different plants would have been nice. That's about my only critique for the main part of the book, which is why it gets 4 stars out of 5. It would make a wonderful beginners guide for British gardeners.A note to American readers and aspiring gardeners: this book is a great introduction to the practices of growing cut flowers for the home. However, the climate of Great Britain is much milder than we have here in North America and some of the plants she presents simply won't do well or won't live too long here. While a great book for beginners in the native climate, by the time you know what differences there are in climate and pratice from the UK to North America, you'll be beyond the scope of this one already. Please note I did not let this hinder my score since I knew that would be the case going into purchasing the book.

Good information.

Some good ideas and inspiring photos

Lovely book, but it's flowers with a British accent. Great for if you're just looking for ideas--not too practical for American readers (gardeners).

A delightful and beautiful book, which I am following in starting my own, first cutting garden this Spring. Very informative.

I have all of these books and qm quite happy with them

Beautiful book! Excellent information regarding gardens.

Inspiring.

I wanted a book to show and tell me what would give me cut flowers for the house for as much of the year as possible.This book did not do that. Information about preparing flowers for the vase but not a long list of flowers to grow. Some of the flowers in pictures are not in the book. Sent it back

Bought this as a gift for my brother who had decided to start growing flowers for cutting on his allotment. As a complete novice to flower growing he has found it very useful and well written - it's given him lots of inspiration, and some of the results this year (using seeds recommended by the author) have been excellent.

Beautiful book. I bought it as a present but I think I might have to buy another one for myself. I have an allotment and have attempted to have a patch for growing cut flowers before. However, what ended up happening was an unplanned muddle of flowers not really suited to growing for cutting. This looks like it will guide you through the whole process with some beautiful pictures to look at while your planning your patch.

Bought this for my Mum and have also borrowed it and read it. Really easy to follow, lovely illustrations and photos, inspires you to have a go we are both keen gardeners and learnt a few new tips and also found it more approachable than other cutting flower books we have read. Buy and then have a go --nothing better than home grown flowers in a jug.

This is a delightful book with lots of gorgeous photographs and plenty of helpful advice. Unlike some gardening writers the author does not assume that the reader already has a great deal of knowledge. Inspiring and informative.