Book Review: A Gardener's Guide to Tulips by Matthew Smith and Grete Smith

A Gardener's Guide to Tulips by Matthew Smith and Grete Smith of Brighter Blooms has been published by Crowood Press as a practical guide helping growers understand the tulip’s lifecycle and ensure success in its cultivation.

A Gardener's Guide to Tulips

The book is a useful guide to growing what could become an increasingly popular crop to produce in the UK as border inspections.

The Smiths are familiar faces at RHS shows, where they exhibit their Brighter Blooms company.

There can't be any better UK tulip experts currently operating who are able to share their knowledge with the reader.

There's a valuable section on commercial growing, which is helpful to professionals.

We read about the best varieties, the tulip's life cycle, taxonomy, cultivation, propagation, breeding, designing with, history of and how to make sure you are a successful grower.

There are 300 photos, including of gardens where tulips are the stars. And if you want tulips to be the stars of what you grow this could be the book for you.


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