Specialty Cut Flowers: The Production of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers - Tapa dura

The book is a well planned guide, covering blooms from Achillea to Zinnia, that includes valuable information about propagation and growing, environmental factors, field and greenhouse performance, harvest and postharvest, cultivars, pests diseases and, for a 'real world' perspective, comments from flower growers across the US. This will be especially useful to those with cutting gardens. -- Connie Krochmal "Bella Online" (12/10/2004) All gardeners who want to grow superior flowers should read it. -- Marilyn K. Alaimo "Chicago Botanic Garden" (06/23/2004) Although written for the professional grower, their book offers revelations for the home gardener. -- Suzy Bales "New York Times" (08/03/2003) The new organization reduces one's frustration at trying to find a plant in the right category. -- Winston Dunwell "Nursery Views" (12/01/2003) A very inclusive work created with the feedback of many professional growers. -- Stephanie M. Boehmer "Journal of Agricultural and Food Information" (08/10/2005) All that both commercial growers and keen amateurs need to know regarding growing cut flowers can be found in this book. -- John E. Bryan "Gardening Newsletter" (10/14/2003) This book would be an asset to any horticulture-oriented library. Its reasonable price would also make it a very worthwhile addition to the reference collection of anyone in the florist or nursery industry. -- Joanne Sharpe "Plant Science Bulletin" (06/03/2004) " A very inclusive work created with the feedback of many professional growers." Stephanie M. Boehmer, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, August 2005 "A very inclusive work created with the feedback of many professional growers." Stephanie M. Boehmer, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, August 2005 "Although written for the professional grower, their book offers revelations for the home gardener." --Suzy Bales, New York Times, August 3, 2003 "This will be especially useful to those with cutting gardens." --Connie Krochmal, BellaOnline, December 10, 2004 " Although written for the professional grower, their book offers revelations for the home gardener." -- Suzy Bales, New York Times, August 3, 2003 " This will be especially useful to those with cutting gardens." -- Connie Krochmal, BellaOnline, December 10, 2004

Expanding the 1993 version, this volume presents detailed, authoritative information on the cultivation and propagation of plants grown for commercial cut flower production. An introductory chapter discusses domestic and foreign production, trends, and techniques for the post-harvest care of flowers