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Quirky Fences, Mostly

Mural of giant octopus vs shark
Octopus wrestling a shark

My sweetheart recently shared a picture of a chair & flowers installation from the Hampton Court Flower Show on Facebook and got a flurry of comments from people who didn’t fancy a bonfire-sized pile of used and broken furniture in their garden. So I am opening with the caveat that I’m not expecting many of these to be ideas you might go on to use at home. Continue reading “Quirky Fences, Mostly”

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Florist’s Roses: Cream, Pink and Peach

Florist's roses in shades of cream, pink, salmon and peach

I’m offering pastel-coloured roses as a sneak peak of the treasures on display at this week’s RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. They are part of Beth Shaw’s nostalgic, scented Market Flowers installation that celebrates British-grown flowers and foliage.

Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.

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Black and Dusky Flowers

Black spotted hellebore
Black spotted hellebore

Black flowers are relatively uncommon, and gardeners will understand that a breeder (or a blogger) calling a flower black does not make it so. Then when you do find inky black flowers, they’re not easy to photograph. The quality of light can highlight or conceal whatever blue, purple, red and even green tones are present.

My first shot is one of my favourites. Regular readers who visit my blog directly rather than via the WordPress Reader may recognise it from my sidebar, where I used to keep it. It is overdue an outing.

Double black hellebore
Double black hellebore

My second naturally lacks contrast, so will be difficult to make out if you’re visiting on a phone, but it is a hellebore too, this time a fully double one. Continue reading “Black and Dusky Flowers”