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At last a few blooms
As we are almost into September the temperatures have finally dropped enough for my sweet peas to bloom. They were an impulse purchase, reduced to clear at the DIY superstore when I was buying yet more paint. In all honesty … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged blooms, dahlias, dark red, flower arrangements, flower production, flowers, summer weather, sweet peas, yellow
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Where are the flowers?
Where are the flowers? Well, certainly not in my backyard. Disappointingly, this is the second summer for me in my 20 plus years of gardening that I have not had a patch of earth yielding some floral delights. The fencing … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged backyard, changing retail, daisies, florist, florists, flowers, hydrangea, lavender, poppies, scented flowers, sweet peas
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The Romantic Rose for Valentine’s
When folk consider flowers for Valentine’s Day, the perennial favourite is the red rose. I think there is something intensely romantic about a single, velvety, dark red rose, but if I were to be receiving a bouquet of roses, I … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Scarves
Tagged creativity, flowers, old fashioned roses, pink flowers, pink rose, pink silk scarf, roses, Valentine's, Valentine's Day
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Stealing from other people’s gardens
As you may already know earlier this year I left behind my Norfolk home and garden of 12 years and moved south to Suffolk. In actual fact it is a return to Suffolk after 21 years away, but, as yet, … Continue reading
Posted in East Anglia, Flowers
Tagged bees, crambe maritima, Devils bit scabious, flowers, hebe, osteospermum, planting for bees, sea kale, Shotley, wildflowers
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High summer, really?
Well, before all the rain and unseasonal drops in temperature, it was that time of year where many gardens across the towns and villages of East Suffolk had plenty of flowering plants in their grounds and many front gardens were … Continue reading
Posted in East Anglia, Flowers
Tagged East Anglia, English, flowers, Gardening, grey days, hollyhocks, pink flowers, rainy days, Suffolk, summer rain
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The Unconscious Influence of Taking Photographs
I use photographs a lot for my work. I am always looking for inspiration from the world around me and use my camera to capture these moments. Recently, when reviewing and rearranging my current online shop collections, I recognised subtle … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged colour, creativity, flowers, hand painted, inspiration, motif, photography, scarves, silk, silk scarf, stained glass
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I may be temporarily gardenless but . . .
For the first time in 22 years I am not spending spring weekends both coaxing and at the same time taming a garden from its winter state. It is a strange sensation to be without even a windowsill of outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Gardens
Tagged DMs, flower arrangement, flowers, garden, Gardening, moving house, spring bouquet, spring garden, tulip arrangement, whimsey, winter garden
21 Comments
Tell them summer is over
It is October, but the dahlias just keep on blooming. Some flowers are a little windblown and tatty, and the big blooms of dahlia ‘Crazy Love’ have been nibbled by earwigs, but they are still worth cutting and bringing indoors … Continue reading
High summer flowers – lilies, dahlias and hollyhocks
August in the garden, even when not hot and sunny, has a very different palette to the pastels seen at the beginning of summer. I used to have a bed filled with bright pink echinaceas and hot orange rudbeckias, but … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Gardens
Tagged bright colours, dahlias, East Anglia, floral arrangement, flowers, Gardening, hollyhocks, lilies, Norwich, scented, summer
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Oh well – let’s try and look on the bright side
Gardening is all about the turning of the seasons. Clear, bright spring changing to warm and sunny summer, but sometimes the seasons simply won’t play the game. Apparently, this ghastly, unseasonably heavy June rain is down to the jet stream. … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged Awakening, bad weather, favourite, Ferdinand Pichard, flowers, Francois Juranville, Gardening, jet stream, Karlsruhe, old fashioned roses, rain, roses
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Have you noticed? – The return of black backgrounds
Recently I’ve spied quite a few photographs of flowers and flower arrangements featuring very dark or black backgrounds. This is not new in the depiction of flowers, but it is a swerve away from the de rigueur of the ‘computer … Continue reading
