Flower Journal

British winter flowers

Winter fragrance

I hope you can smell the sarcococca in this week’s posy. An ‘unremarkable’ flower except that it flowers in winter (hooray!) and has a beautiful scent. It’s a useful shrub...

Winter fragrance

I hope you can smell the sarcococca in this week’s posy. An ‘unremarkable’ flower except that it flowers in winter (hooray!) and has a beautiful scent. It’s a useful shrub...

Heathland Wreath

Heathland Wreath

  Some of the ingredients in this year's Christmas wreath help to tell the story of good heathland management. To ensure the thousands of acres of beautiful local heather are...

Heathland Wreath

  Some of the ingredients in this year's Christmas wreath help to tell the story of good heathland management. To ensure the thousands of acres of beautiful local heather are...

MeadowSweet March seasonal posy with Ranunculus, freesias, narcissi, daffodils, plum blossom, Portugual laurel, cupressus, flowering box, tree heather.

The Nosey Posy - 25

It's the first week of Spring! ...And it even feels like Spring too. To celebrate, here's a lovely colour-filled posy with fragrant freesias and bright Spring blooms. We've also squeezed...

The Nosey Posy - 25

It's the first week of Spring! ...And it even feels like Spring too. To celebrate, here's a lovely colour-filled posy with fragrant freesias and bright Spring blooms. We've also squeezed...

MeadowSweet seasonal February posy with Snowflakes, green iris, alstromeria, hellebores, chosia, bay, pussy willow, eucalyptus.

The Nosey Posy - 24

Busy bees At the end of February, bees need to find plenty of pollen and nectar to take back to the hive to stimulate the queen to lay her eggs. The...

The Nosey Posy - 24

Busy bees At the end of February, bees need to find plenty of pollen and nectar to take back to the hive to stimulate the queen to lay her eggs. The...

MeadowSweet pretty seasonal posy with Narcissi, Forsythia, Viburnum lauristinus, Eucalyptus, Pittosporum varigatum, Salix (pussy willow), Iris, Hyacinth.

The Nosey Posy - 23

Scilly narcissi! We are lucky to have a beautiful range of narcissi grown for generations on the Isles of Scilly. This week's posy features the double scented variety Earlicheer, said to smell like sweet vanilla custard,...

The Nosey Posy - 23

Scilly narcissi! We are lucky to have a beautiful range of narcissi grown for generations on the Isles of Scilly. This week's posy features the double scented variety Earlicheer, said to smell like sweet vanilla custard,...

MeadowSweet seasonal posy with Snowdrops, Anemones, Freesia, Lisianthus, Alstromeria, Rhododendron, Birch, Alder, Sarcococca, Epimedium, Cupressus, Lonicera nitida.

The Nosey Posy - 22

The new vases are here! OK, so they look pretty similar to the old ones, but I'm hoping these slightly thicker and wider-based vases will be just the job for the...

The Nosey Posy - 22

The new vases are here! OK, so they look pretty similar to the old ones, but I'm hoping these slightly thicker and wider-based vases will be just the job for the...