Bulb

BULB, by Anna Pavord

'This book is essential reading for all Bulb lovers'  Penelope Hobhouse

In this personal selection and authoritative guide to the most gorgeous bulbs on the earth, Anna Pavord, world-famous author of The Tulip, writes charmingly about her favourite subject from Acis to Zigadenus via Tulip and Crocus. After a fascinating introduction explaining why bulbs are different from other kinds of plant,where they come from, and their history, the different types of bulbs are featured alphabetically in a jewel-box-like gallery.

Throughout this gallery, each plant is beautifully illustrated by award-winning photographer Andrew Lawson.
Anna describes each of the bulbous plants in detail, furnishing us with all the information we could ever need, including facts common to each group, growing information, and how to use the bulb in the garden. Bringing each bulb to life with beautiful description, anecdote and historical tale, Anna’s enthusiasm makes Bulb an irresistible reference book and the only guide you will ever need to grow some of the most beautiful and enchanting bulbous flowers on earth.

Bulb is available now, in a quarter-bound hardback format, priced at £30.00. To order a copy, please see the bottom of the page.

Praise for BULB

“… a gorgeous, cloth-bound hymn in words and pictures to hundreds of flowers…” - The Mail on Sunday ‘Books’ pages

“Generously illustrated” – The Times

“…the flower descriptions have a luminous enthusiasm and poetry that make you long to grow them.” – The Telegraph

“Written by one of our finest writers, it sings of all the possibilities that you could and should add to your garden…this tome is a testament to a lifetime of learning… The description of individual flowers are sublime” - Garden’s Illustrated

“A lovingly researched book in a beautiful literary style” – Gardener’s World magazine

About Anna Pavord

Anna Pavord has been The Independent's gardening correspondent since the paper was set up in 1986. Her column appears every Saturday. She has written eight books, including the internationally acclaimed bestseller The Tulip. She was one of the founding editors of Gardens Illustrated and wrote and presented Flowering Passions for Channel 4 television. Anna contributes regularly to programmes for BBC Radio 3 and 4. After chairing the Gardens Panel of the National Trust, she now sits on the Parks and Gardens Panel of English Heritage.

She has lived in Dorset for almost forty years. After restoring the garden of an old rectory, she recently moved to a new garden, which she is filling with bulbs.