The Cut Flower Handbook Av Lisa Mason Ziegler

<B>The bouquet-growing bible gardeners have been waiting for! Learn the ins and outs of growing gorgeous blooms at home with professional flower farmer Lisa Mason Ziegler of @gardenersworkshopfarm.<br><br>*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner*</B><br><br>Whether you’re <B>cultivating fresh-cut bouquets</B> for yourself, family, and friends or for others on a small commercial scale, you’ll go from sowing seeds to cutting armloads of colorful, long-lasting blooms with ease. Lisa’s unique approach and easy-to-follow advice on <B>multi-season planting and harvesting </B>uses the natural warm and cool weather cycles present in almost all growing regions to maximize cut flower production.<br><br>This logical and nature-driven method is also a signature hallmark of her super-successful online flower-farming courses, and it’s one that <B>translates equally well to both small urban backyards and large rural flower farms</B>.<br><br>Growing your own cut flowers means you can <B>avoid bouquets laden with pesticides</B> (who wants <I>that</I> on their wedding day?) and you can skip the trips to your local flower shop or grocery store to pay big bucks for a bouquet that has racked up more airline miles than you could ever hope to. <br><br>Included in this essential cut flower growing handbook are:<br>  <ul><li><B>50 extensive flower profiles</B> divided into their preferred season of growth. Cool-weather favorites include poppies, snapdragons, and bells of Ireland. Warm-season beauties include zinnias, sunflowers, and celosia. </li><li><B>Planting tips for a succession of blooms</B> that carry over from one growing season to the next without any additional work from you.</li><li><B>Illustrations </B>showing how to pinch plants for more blooms, how to make your cuts, how to erect support netting to keep your flowers straight and upright, how to dig a planting bed, and more.</li><li><B>Over 200 photographs of the best cut flowers </B>for home gardeners to grow, the most effective methods for their care, and the most productive ways to organize them in the garden.</li><li><B>Advice on caring for a cutting garden</B>, locating the best planting site, starting plants from seed, making the harvest, prolonging the life of your cut flowers, and so much more!</li></ul><br><I>The Cut Flower Handbook</I> is <B>the perfect balance of inspiration and education</B> for anyone interested in bringing more beauty into their lives by growing cut flowers at home.