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“At Blooming Green our PYO season starts in late June – so we see for ourselves which flower beds our customers make a beeline for!” Above: Flowers staying fresh in a sink, with thanks to @catlanephoto Late spring and early summer bring endless variety It’s difficult to know where to start once summer arrives… but there are a few flowers that people are willing to fight over. At Blooming Green our PYO season starts in late June, so we see for ourselves which flower beds our customers make a beeline for! First up, in late spring and early summer, are peonies – an eternal favourite and really popular with brides. We grow a few ourselves – saved mostly for wedding customers – but are always happy to recommend the specialist peony growers Little Buds Peony Farm near Thurnham on the North Downs. They have around 6,000 peony plants and sell the blooms in May and June each year. Another classic are delphiniums, which seem to bring out the sharp elbows in some of our pickers. Then there are roses, antirrhinum (snapdragons), astrantia, cornflower, cosmos and irises – to name but a few. We’re in the garden of England after all, so why have flowers from abroad when you’ve got this sort of choice? The season of mellow fruitfulness – and even more flowers Late summer and autumn are a personal favourite when it comes to seasonal flowers. Not only is there an abundance of flowers such as dahlias, sunflower, zinnias, cosmos and chrysanths… but there are seed heads, pods and grasses too. Colours tend to be warm and rich and for some reason the flowers have greater staying power in the vase too (except for dahlias, whose vase life is more short and sweet). Gradually we seem to be embracing the Americans’ love of autumn – and we don’t just mean Halloween – with an appreciation of hydrangeas and chrysanthemums, autumn wreaths, autumnal foliage and ornamental pumpkins and gourds. It’s Harvest Festival time too – so there’s a sense of celebration for all that nature has to offer. priceless-magazines.com 112
Garden Above: A beautiful wreath of dried flowers to enjoy throughout the year So that brings us back round to the lead up to Christmas, and to short, dark days when we all need a little something to cheer up our homes. If you’d like some inspiration, the Garden Museum in Lambeth, South London is hosting its first ever Winter Flowers Week exhibition on 7-11 December, which aims to showcase the beauty of British seasonal foliage and flowers, available in the depths of winter. Blooming Green will be hosting a foliage talk and demo there on Friday December 8th. Exhibitors will be Sarah Diligent of Floribunda Rose as well as Shane Connolly & Co, Carly Rogers Flowers, Hazel Gardiner Design and Tattie Rose Studio. Or, to find a local, seasonal flower grower near to you, visit flowersfromthefarm.co.uk. Jen and her cousin, Bek (pictured right), run Blooming Green. Find out more about their work at bloominggreenflowers.co.uk 113 priceless-magazines.com
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