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Evening’s in May 💙

Evening’s in May 💙

Windowsill Wednesday. We’ve reached the tipping

Windowsill Wednesday. We’ve reached the tipping point, that dizzying, feverish blink between spring and summer. The warm mornings give way to warmer afternoons, the peas gain a foot by the a day- their tendrils a tangle of potential, and the petals, parachutes now, open and fall with reckless abandon. I like it here- in this moment with all its hot and heady sweetness, but this too shall pass... and there’s so much more to come.
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Ranuculus ‘Picotee Cafe Au Lait’, ‘picotee pink’, ‘Giant Mixed’.
Sweetpea ‘Spring Champagne’.
Pea ‘Golden Sweet’
Cow Parsley
Ninebark ‘Little Joker’.
Strawflowers ‘Salmon Pink’
Heuchera flowers
Circium rivulare ‘autopurporum
Allium I accidentally snapped off from the front garden
#windowsillwednesday #ayearinflowers

Somehow, sitting somewhere between my obsession in

Somehow, sitting somewhere between my obsession in the minutiae of a day, and my obsession for the weather, I know that the roses are exactly 12 days ahead of last year; a handful of some the best I have- ‘Felicia’, ‘Litchfield Angel’, ‘Emily Bronte’, ‘Vanessa Bell’, ‘Kathleen Harrop’, and Desdemona’.

That Blackbird is copying my whistle again, adding

That Blackbird is copying my whistle again, adding it to a medley designed to make us all swoon, all the while I’m thinking about teaching him to whistle ‘don’t worry by happy’ by Bobby McFerrin next. He sings while I work in the garden borders that line the front of the cottage; it’s filled with self seeders that I move around in winter, many of which were inherited from the botanically minded family here before. The yew, the hellebores and the spring bulbs were placed one by one to see us through the winters, then there’s some roses I put in two years ago flanked by nepetas. Phlomis, alliums, and geraniums have joined the ranks too, and next up will be the asters and delphiniums; a never ending embroidery, stitched together year on year.

Bow down borage, the Prima Donna has graced up wit

Bow down borage, the Prima Donna has graced up with her presence.
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Papaver Orientale ‘Coral Reef’.

Thousands of flowers in the making. This is how it

Thousands of flowers in the making. This is how it is here; a wobbly, messy nursery of sorts, crammed full of potential. Starting seeds doesn’t have to be perfect, or big, or shiny, or even pretty for that matter, just as long as it’s filled with a lot of love, and a lot of joy. The lovely Alice Vincent of @noughticulture has a new audiobook out to talk us through how to sow seeds from scratch- what a hero.
#seedsfromscratch.

Windowsill Wednesday. Sunshine and shade in deepes

Windowsill Wednesday. Sunshine and shade in deepest contrast as the shadows get shorter, and the days get lovingly longer. The foxgloves are sending up their spires, weaving their way down the verges, and one by one their mouths open up, to breathe in the sweet, warm air of season to come; whilst the Philadelphus blooms in all her scented glory, announcing that Spring is closing her doors and our Summer is finally here. .
Philadelphus.
Blue Anemones.
Picotee cafe au lait ranuculus.
Foxgloves.
@vervainflowers Iris’.
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#windowsillwednesday#ayearinflowers#littlegardenstories.

These flowers were grown to witness weddings, book

These flowers were grown to witness weddings, book launches, workshops, parties, and dinners; I grew just enough for all of that, and a little more besides... and since life as we knew it has been on hold- you’ve found a home for every single stem. I’m sold out again for the next two weeks. I feel like having a little cry and hugging you all, but instead I’ll just weave each stem with love, wrap them up beautifully with a note to your loved ones and send them on their way. I’ll make some noise when the garden has enough to give again.

The one that stops you in your tracks and makes yo

The one that stops you in your tracks and makes you question all your life choices so far.
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Ranunculus ‘Picotee Cafe Au Lait’

I don’t already have dahlias, but I am still wea

I don’t already have dahlias, but I am still wearing that exact same woolly jumper and it’s almost June. I got asked some lovely, thought provoking questions by @shegrowswild_, where I inevitably ended up waxing lyrical about how brilliant the @flowersfromthefarm network is, and then I divulged all my deepest, darkest secrets (not quite, but you still get a glimpse into my working life and brain). You can find the interview over on their Instagram page and website.

Tongue twister of the day- Anemone Bi Colour De Ca

Tongue twister of the day- Anemone Bi Colour De Caen.

Windowsill Wednesday. The hedgerows are begginning

Windowsill Wednesday. The hedgerows are begginning to buckle with May abundance; great, big, umbels of cow parsley, sashaying their way down the verges, whilst the hawthorn blossom quivers with insects, and the honey suckle climbs, up-up-up and away, a tangled mess with ripe-and-ready, coming-atcha energy. The leaves on the beech are still translucent in their newness, but bigger now, and swelling with size by the day, and then there’s the roses, oh the roses; the roses, my friends, have arrived.

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