Jennifer Potter writes about the history and culture of plants, gardeners and gardens. She reviews regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, and has been variously a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, a Hawthornden Fellow and an Honorary Teaching Fellow on the Warwick Writing Program.
"Potter's book is for the armchair florist, the orchid-obsessed,
and the history reader with a green thumb. The flowers are an
excuse to arrange a bouquet of interesting vignettes, such as the
origins of the fleur-de-lis or the introduction of laudanum, made
from opium poppies, in Western medicine. If Potter's source list is
any indication, she has distilled a massive amount of information
into an erudite book with an entertaining conceit."--"Publishers
Weekly"
"Anyone who has ever planted a seed or loved a flower can
appreciate the author's knowledge and devotion."--"Kirkus
Reviews"
Praise for "Strange Blooms"
"A tour de force . . . We owe Potter a huge debt of gratitude for
the tireless research and sifting of evidence that have allowed the
Tradescants and their great legacy to emerge so clearly at last."
--"Sunday Times"
"Beautifully produced and meticulously researched."
--"Observer"
"Masterly . . . Jennifer Potter's achievement in "Strange Blooms"
is to have breathed life back into the Tradescant name." --"Times
Literary Supplement"
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