The Field Guide to Specialty Cut Flowers
New for spring 2024 This guide serves as a fundamental introduction to the commercial production of cut flowers. It is designed as a field guide and written primarily with new, small-scale cut flower farmers in mind. However, it will also serve as a valuable resource for home gardeners and experienced growers alike.
The guide includes quick reference tables and easy-to-access information. It will be viewed similarly in style to a traditional field guide, providing a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the subject matter, including cultivars, stage of bloom, propagation techniques, planting times, spacing, and the all-important post-harvest procedures. The book will be physically robust, and we hope it will be tossed in the back of the wheelbarrow, tractor or pickup and referred to in the field.
If you have a copy of Armitage & Laushman’s Specialty Cut Flowers, imagine that as the text for Cut Flowers 401. This is the text for Cut Flowers 101, and they complement each other.
Whether you're starting a small-cut flower farm or just looking to expand your gardening knowledge, this manual will provide a solid foundation for success.
Dr. Armitage is, without question, the Dean of specialty cut flower growing. This book is packed with information for both new and established growers. Concise, informative, and easy to read, this book will be our “go-to” guide when we need quick, easy-to-find facts and details on a crop-by-crop basis. But even better, the introduction and back-of-the-book summaries are worth the cost of admission alone. Lots of great info! Allan is a true plantsman.
—Frank and Pamela Arnosky, Arnosky Family Farms, Blanco, Texas
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