Super Bloom : A field guide to flowers for every gardener - Jac Semmler

Jac Semmler

Leading plant specialist Jac Semmler revives the appeal of treasured, old-world beautiful flowers for the modern garden. This is a comprehensive gardening how-to for beginners and experts alike, including:

• Care and growing notes, including notes on varieties
• Natural parameters (such as location, climate and aspect)
• Where to source your plants, with suppliers all over the world
• Plant biology (such as how root systems work and the importance of light, transpiration and photosynthesis)
• Soil ecology (with notes on the different types of soil, how you can test your own garden soil and how to improve various types for planting)
• Must-have and nice-to-have tools
• How to save your own seeds and organise your seed stash
• Tips on harvesting, conditioning and arranging cut flowers

Jac Semmler is head of Plants & Strategy at The Plant Society and until 2021 was the head of the ornamental gardening and range at the Diggers Club, Australia's largest gardening club. Jac holds a certificate in Horticulture, a bachelor of arts, a bachelor of education, and a graduate certificate in Biosecurity Science (Plants). She grew up in a family of rural country plantswomen, surrounded by a diverse and abundant home garden of flowers and foliage in a new Australian style.