Equinox posy

It’s time to celebrate spring, with homegrown daffodils and snapdragons. This spring, our equinox posy includes snapdragons, narcissi, muscari and foliage from hebe, bay and rosemary.    

Pic of the week – a burgundy & gold bouquet for September

The latest seasonal bouquet for Posy Club members at FromeBlooms.com is entirely homegrown and regally toned in deep purples and bright yellows. It’s sweetly scented with cottage pinks and roses. Bouquets in this style are available at FromeBlooms.com until Monday, and will be sent to Posy Club members this week. Visit FromeBlooms.com to buy this bouquet. Highlights of…

Pick of the week

This week’s seasonal bouquet is called ‘Glad and Sweet’ and features gladioli and sweetpea, with dahlia, anemone, verbena, cottage pinks and willow. The gladiolus is said to represent strength and moral integrity. It’s name is derived from the Latin word “gladius”, meaning sword.  They also represent infatuation, with a bouquet conveying to a recipient that they…

Rudbeckia is a little gold star!

One of my favourite flowers in bouquet 99 at FromeBlooms.com is the rudbeckia, a golden coloured, daisy shaped flower which blooms in August. It’s named after, Rudbeck the Elder, a professor at Uppsala University, in the 17th century, who established the first botanical garden in Sweden. Perhaps the dark eyes and yellow petals of the flowers…

Pic of the week: Dahlia & Gladioli

A bright bouquet for early August, with gladioli, Japanese anemone, crocosmia, and dahlia. The big yellow dahlia is a variety called ‘Kennemerland’ that I planted in late February. The Japanese anemone is a variety called ‘painted lady’ from our cottage garden, and is a wonderfully long lasting cut flower. The gladioli is from a local flower farmer…