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Chrysanthemums: The ultimate guide for growing and cutting flower varieties for the home and garden
The underestimated Chrysanthemum is the epitome of both flamboyance and style with it’s many varieties and chronicled beautifully in Naomi Slades Chrysanthemums.
The next title in Pavilion’s flower series of stylish floral guides which celebrates the versatility and the variation of the Chrysanthemum.
From open daisies to multi-petalled pom-poms Chrysanthemums offers a comprehensive guide of some of the rarest and most interesting varieties. This autumn blooming flower is carefully explained by expert biologist and nature writer Naomi all captured in gorgeous colour by Georgianna Lane. The title traces the history of this Natively Asian flower from it’s origins in China through to it’s explosion throughout Europe and US. With expert advice and commentary, Chrysanthemums is the perfect flower for weddings, gift bouquets and to brighten your home.
This book is the perfect handbook for anyone wanting to propagate, grow or cut the perfect Chrysanthemum.
The next title in Pavilion’s flower series of stylish floral guides which celebrates the versatility and the variation of the Chrysanthemum.
From open daisies to multi-petalled pom-poms Chrysanthemums offers a comprehensive guide of some of the rarest and most interesting varieties. This autumn blooming flower is carefully explained by expert biologist and nature writer Naomi all captured in gorgeous colour by Georgianna Lane. The title traces the history of this Natively Asian flower from it’s origins in China through to it’s explosion throughout Europe and US. With expert advice and commentary, Chrysanthemums is the perfect flower for weddings, gift bouquets and to brighten your home.
This book is the perfect handbook for anyone wanting to propagate, grow or cut the perfect Chrysanthemum.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 12, 2024
About the author
Naomi Slade
21 books24 followersNaomi Slade is the author of Dahlias (Pavilion in the UK, Gibbs SMith in the US, 2018), An Orchard Odyssey (Green Books, 2016) and The Plant Lover’s Guide to Snowdrops (Timber Press 2014).
A lifelong natural historian, graduate biologist, former rock band manager and serial entrepreneur, she has won awards for designing both carnival floats and show gardens.
Her award-winning writing has featured in a wide range of newspapers and magazines including The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times, House and Garden, The Garden, The English Garden and Saga Magazine. She has covered gardens in France as well as the UK and contributed editorial on both sides of the Atlantic.
Interests include plants, people, botany, environment and design; science, social history and architecture. A good day off would involve swimming, skiing, climbing mountains, exploring new horizons or reading a really good book (someone else’s).
A lifelong natural historian, graduate biologist, former rock band manager and serial entrepreneur, she has won awards for designing both carnival floats and show gardens.
Her award-winning writing has featured in a wide range of newspapers and magazines including The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times, House and Garden, The Garden, The English Garden and Saga Magazine. She has covered gardens in France as well as the UK and contributed editorial on both sides of the Atlantic.
Interests include plants, people, botany, environment and design; science, social history and architecture. A good day off would involve swimming, skiing, climbing mountains, exploring new horizons or reading a really good book (someone else’s).
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