News
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Christmas! With only a couple of weeks to go till the big day, our posies are getting into the swing of it. I hope you enjoy these wonderful crab apples...
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Christmas! With only a couple of weeks to go till the big day, our posies are getting into the swing of it. I hope you enjoy these wonderful crab apples...
Honesty is the best policy!
The papery silver 'coins' of these locally-grown honesty seedpods add a magical frosty sheen to the posies at this time of year. Honesty is an annual and is a type of Brassica (same...
Honesty is the best policy!
The papery silver 'coins' of these locally-grown honesty seedpods add a magical frosty sheen to the posies at this time of year. Honesty is an annual and is a type of Brassica (same...
Aloha ageratum!
A flower that we don't use very often in the posies is ageratum, sometimes called 'floss flower'. We grow it as an outdoor annual and have had better luck than...
Aloha ageratum!
A flower that we don't use very often in the posies is ageratum, sometimes called 'floss flower'. We grow it as an outdoor annual and have had better luck than...
British rosehips
Rosehips are a great seasonal addition to the posies and these ones have been carefully cultivated in Lincolnshire. Their bright red fruits can be found in hedgerows in the...
British rosehips
Rosehips are a great seasonal addition to the posies and these ones have been carefully cultivated in Lincolnshire. Their bright red fruits can be found in hedgerows in the...
British grown Spindle
A special addition to the posies this week is spindle berries. These striking and unusual fruit tend to grow in forest edges and hedgerows in chalky soils. It has...
British grown Spindle
A special addition to the posies this week is spindle berries. These striking and unusual fruit tend to grow in forest edges and hedgerows in chalky soils. It has...
The elephant in the room - miscanthus grass!
Miscanthus grasses are in flower at the moment and these posies contain homegrown Miscanthus 'silvergrass'. The flower spikelets start off reddish and turn silver as they mature. It's almost impossible for it to...
The elephant in the room - miscanthus grass!
Miscanthus grasses are in flower at the moment and these posies contain homegrown Miscanthus 'silvergrass'. The flower spikelets start off reddish and turn silver as they mature. It's almost impossible for it to...