Love, honour and prosperity...

The peony

These impressive red charm peonies are a double-flowered variety and one of the first in the season to flower. Enjoy watching them open over the next day or two. Peonies are a beautiful blousy flower popular by brides wanting a romantic-looking Spring bouquet. Peonies have been admired and painted by the Chinese for over 2000 years and have come to represent love, honour and prosperity.

For the first time, I am also using the Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) in the posies. This is a fantastic native shrub that has a lovely zesty creamy tone in dramatic contrast to the deep red flowers.

What's in the posy?

Red charm peony, ranunculus, photinia, cupressus, manuka, sweet william, guelder rose, stock, aquilegia, pittosporum, allium.

What's fragrant?

Stock

What's British

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