A Cutting Garden for Florida, Third Edition [Paperback]

Monica Brandies (Author), Betty Mackey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 2001

Grow marvelous flowers for bouquets in your Florida home landscape. Treat yourself or a friend to this new edition (the third) of "A Cutting Garden for Florida." It tells how to grow the best cut flowers for Florida, and how to harvest, condition, and arrange them, fresh or dry. The month-by-month calendar for the distinctive northern, central, and southern regions of Florida is a valuable feature. The book has in-depth information on many annuals, biennials, bulbs, shrubs, and trees, including plant-by-plant growing and conditioning details. The index, illustrations, bibliography, resource list, website list, and public garden directory add to its thorough treatment of growing flowers and filler for delightful bouquets.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Kathy Nelson, Editor, says, "A welcome new edition of an old favorite ... inspiration for growing beautiful bouquets." -- Florida Gardening Magazine

About the Author

Betty Barr Mackey has written many books and articles, including the books, "The Gardener's Home Companion" as main author,and "Cutting Gardens," with Anne Halpin as coauthor. She has lived in Florida, where she began her own publishing company in addition to writing books and articles. Her first book was "A Cutting Garden for Florida."

Monica Moran Brandies began working with Betty Mackey for the second edition of "A Cutting Garden For Florida" and went on to publish several other titles with B. B. Mackey Books. The best known of these is "Florida Gardening: The Newcomer's Survival Manual." She also wrote "Herbs and Spices for Florida Gardens" and "Bless You for the Gifts" for B. B. Mackey Books, and a number of titles for other publishers including "Xeriscaping for Florida Homes" and "The Florida Gardener's Book of Lists."

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: B. B. Mackey Books (November 6, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0961633891
• ISBN-13: 978-0961633899
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice for the Florida cutting garden, September 8, 2003

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cutting Garden for Florida, Third Edition (Paperback)

Living in Florida I can vouch for the difficulties of growing just about anything in the sandy, nutrient poor, water deficient soil. Starting from that less than perfect base Betty Barr Mackey and Monica Moran Brandies walk the reader through the various things they need to know in order to grow a beautiful cutting garden. From finding the right place, to properly preparing the soil, to picking the appropriate flowers for soil, sun, and moisture conditions "A Cutting Garden for Florida" covers everything you need to know to have a successful garden. It even covers germination times, when a particular flower blooms, how long it blooms, and other information so you can make sure that when one flower goes out of season another is coming in. This is a highly recommended book for anyone dealing with the daunting task of getting flowers to grow in Florida.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic! A must for your garden bookshelf!, October 11, 2002

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Sheri Ann Richerson "ExoticGardening.com" (Marion, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Cutting Garden for Florida, Third Edition (Paperback)

Simply fabulous is the word for this book and not only for those gardeners who live in Florida! A Cutting Garden For Florida was written to help those who live there learn to extend the season and be able to grow plants for bouquets in both the warm and cool seasons however a gardener in the northern states could just as easily adapt the information to their specific climate.

This is one of the few gardening books that has kept me intrigued enough to not want to put it down until I was finished with it. Also it does contain a lot of basic information about seed starting, choosing a site and other information a more advanced gardener would already know I would still highly recommend this book as there is information that even they may not know.

The book goes on to give specific details about various plants that make excellent cut flowers, as well as tips for drying the bouquets and basic flower design techniques.

This one is definitely up there on my list of books you simply must have regardless of where you live but if you live in Florida you simply cannot do without this one!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb horticultural and cultivational guide, December 13, 2001

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This review is from: A Cutting Garden for Florida, Third Edition (Paperback)

Now available in a newly revised, expanded and updated third edition, A Cutting Garden For Florida continues to be a marvelously detailed, instructive, easy to understand guide to growing top-class flowers for bouquets and landscape improvement. Nursing seedlings, propagating plants from cuttings, as well as forming a cutting garden with annuals, biennials, perennials, or trees and shrubs are all covered, with easy-to-follow instructions delivered in clear, direct prose. Black and white sketches of various plants illustrate the techniques and species-specific entries. A Cutting Garden For Florida is a superb horticultural and cultivational guide and a "must" not just for Florida's gardening enthusiasts, but for anyone interested in creating a beautiful cutting garden of their own!