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Is it a rose?
It's a tulip! I haven't used these tulips before - they have unusual curved petals and are called white liberstar crown tulips. They have a rose-bud shaped head which I...
Is it a rose?
It's a tulip! I haven't used these tulips before - they have unusual curved petals and are called white liberstar crown tulips. They have a rose-bud shaped head which I...
Yo shorty!
Small is beautiful... These gorgeous homegrown tulips only just grew tall enough for me to use - a benefit of making posy-sized arrangements! Most tunnel-grown tulips keep growing once cut...
Yo shorty!
Small is beautiful... These gorgeous homegrown tulips only just grew tall enough for me to use - a benefit of making posy-sized arrangements! Most tunnel-grown tulips keep growing once cut...
Happy Holidays
Two types of hyacinth This is the time when grape hyacinth are in flower. Their cobalt blue can brighten up a corner of the garden. At the last minute, I...
Happy Holidays
Two types of hyacinth This is the time when grape hyacinth are in flower. Their cobalt blue can brighten up a corner of the garden. At the last minute, I...
Pinch punch...
First day of the month Another first today is we have a brand new supplier. This 100 year-old Suffolk family business has fantastic stocks at this time of the year...
Pinch punch...
First day of the month Another first today is we have a brand new supplier. This 100 year-old Suffolk family business has fantastic stocks at this time of the year...
Thank you Mum
Happy Mother's Day! It's impossible to thank mothers enough. With young children (and I expect older children!) there's always so much that needs to be done. Mothering Sunday as an...
Thank you Mum
Happy Mother's Day! It's impossible to thank mothers enough. With young children (and I expect older children!) there's always so much that needs to be done. Mothering Sunday as an...
A bit like 'Ribena'
Ribes Ribes, the flowering currant is back again, yippee! 'Ribena' is loosely named after blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum) whereas the ones in this week's posy are Ribes sanguineum, the 'blood red'...
A bit like 'Ribena'
Ribes Ribes, the flowering currant is back again, yippee! 'Ribena' is loosely named after blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum) whereas the ones in this week's posy are Ribes sanguineum, the 'blood red'...