Diverse The Tulip Garden: Arten, Seltene und Einjährige Sorten

An inspirational introduction to growing and collecting tulips, set against the backdrop of a beautiful English garden, with expert tips and advice for gardeners Tulips are one of the world’s 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 flower’s 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 world’s most popular flowers, with over 2,500 different varieties registered and almost 2 billion bulbs produced in Holland each year. An inspirational introduction to growing and collecting tulips, set against the backdrop of a beautiful English garden, with expert tips and advice for gardeners 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 Gardener’s 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 Conran’s Country (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 UK’s leading garden designers.

"The Tulip Garden" ist ein inspirierender Ratgeber, der sich dem Anbau und der Sammlung von Tulpen widmet. Vor dem malerischen Hintergrund eines englischen Gartens bietet das Buch wertvolle Tipps und Ratschläge von der erfahrenen Gärtnerin Polly Nicholson. Tulpen gehören zu den beliebtesten Blumen weltweit, mit über 2.500 Sorten, die jährlich in den Niederlanden produziert werden. Dieses Buch präsentiert eine einzigartige Sammlung seltener und begehrenswerter Tulpen aus dem wunderschönen Landhausgarten von Nicholson. Es kombiniert die reiche Kulturgeschichte der Tulpen mit praktischen Anleitungen zum Anbau von verschiedenen Arten, einschliesslich historischer niederländischer und englischer Floristen-Tulpen sowie jährlicher Gartentulpen. Nicholson teilt ihre persönliche gärtnerische Erfahrung und bietet moderne, umsetzbare Ratschläge für Gärtner, um diese bezaubernden Frühlingsblumen in verschiedenen Umgebungen zu kultivieren. "The Tulip Garden" ist ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für Tulpenliebhaber, Floristen und Gärtner und bietet zudem inspirierende Fotografien, die den Trend zu nachhaltigen Blumen und organischem Gärtnern widerspiegeln.