The Tulip Garden: Growing and Collecting Species, Rare and Annual Varieties

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Tulips are one of the worlds most popular flowers, with over 2,500 varieties produced in the Netherlands each year. This spectacular book showcases a unique collection of rare and covetable tulips at Blacklands, the beautiful English country garden of tulip expert Polly Nicholson.

Combining the flowers rich cultural history with growing advice, Nicholson provides a comprehensive introduction to cultivating species, historic Dutch and English Florists tulips, and annual garden tulips. Featuring all types of tulip from wild, species tulips to old Dutch cultivars, as well as English Florists, and the ever popular annual garden tulips she also offers modern context and sensible and practical advice for gardeners, based on her personal horticultural experience.

Bringing to life varieties that date back to the 16th century, Nicholson demonstrates how these treasured bulbs and more modern varieties of these enchanting spring flowers can be grown today whether in herbaceous borders, naturalized in grass, in containers, gravel, meadow settings, or in the garden for cutting.

The Tulip Garden is an essential reference for tulip lovers, florists, and gardeners, but also, with newly commissioned photography by Andrew Montgomery, an inspirational resource, tapping into the zeitgeist for sustainable flowers and organic gardening, focussing one of the worlds most popular flowers, with over 2,500 different varieties registered and almost 2 billion bulbs produced in Holland each year.

Author Bio

Specialist flower grower and tulip expert, Polly Nicholson is the owner of Bayntun Flowers in Wiltshire growers of organic flowers cultivated in walled gardens and a one-acre field at the foot of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. Nicholson holds the National Collection of Tulipa (Historic) with Plant Heritage, and has featured on BBC Gardeners World, Radio 4, in Gardens Illustrated, Country Life, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The World of Interiors, and House & Garden.

Andrew Montgomery has been a photographer all his life. Based in London, he began his career shooting portraits before moving into lifestyle and narrative photography. His first book commission was Jasper ConransCountry(2010),and more than 20 titles followed, covering food, travel and gardens, and working with acclaimed chefs and food writers as well several of the UKs leading garden designers.