Garden Flowers from Seed

by Christopher Lloyd, Graham Rice

This unique book is a dialogue between two extraordinarily knowledgeable and opinionated plantsmen who offer valuable advice on which seed-raised flowers to grow, how to germinate and tend to them, and how to use them in the garden. The discussion is informative, urbane, and entertaining.

Genres: Gardening

Paperback

First published April 25, 1991

About the author

Christopher Hamilton Lloyd, OBE, was a British gardener and author. He was the 20th Century chronicler for the heavily planted, labour-intensive, country garden.[

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I marked it down from 4 stars only because it’s an aged book at this point, so the photos are grouped into folios as opposed to insertion at meaningful points in the text… and the varieties named are frequently unavailable. Unique and expert treatment of a pretty esoteric topic, with lots of value to the guidance as one would expect from these esteemed plantsmen and authors. What is unexpected is the charm and humor - and surprising level of education that can accompany that - in the back-and-forth conversational format of the glossary that makes up the bulk of this book. It takes a high level of botanical experience, and a good dose of patience, to reap the rewards here, but I judged the value to be worth tracking down a good used copy for my library.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garden Flowers From Seed by Christopher Lloyd and Graham Rice (Timber Press 1991) (635.942) is sort of a round table discussion by the authors on the art and practice of growing plants from seed. This was not really useful to me. My rating: 5/10, finished 5/2/11.