Beyond Curiosity: Dahlia Breeding Through the Seasons by Rebecca McConnell

What began as a seed of curiosity has bloomed into a dahlia breeding obsession. Beyond Curiosity tells the story of a full season of Serenade Dahlia breeding program by Rebecca McConnell. With a heavy focus on the unique new cut flower lines she is developing, it begins with planning her layout in spring, the growing and assessing through summer, hybridising and harvesting the last seed pods in autumn, finishing with her reflections in winter. Illustrated throughout with her beautiful photography, see first hand how dahlia colour science, petaloid genetics, and hybridisation techniques are put into practice in a working cut flower farm. This is a book for gardeners who are ready to go beyond simply growing dahlias and start shaping what the next generation might become.