The colourful dahlia is a must-have in your picking garden. With their different shapes, colours and flowering heights, dahlias generate a real colour explosion. The best-known variety is perhaps the pale pink ‘Café au Lait’ dahlia. But if you really want to make colours pop, there are plenty of special dahlias to be found, from[...]
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Are you looking for some company from happily fluttering butterflies and softly humming bees on your balcony or in your garden on a sunny summer day? Let’s create a snackbar for insects with blooming summer bulbs. With their nectar and pollen, many summer bulbs are perfect as snacking flowers. They increase biodiversity. What’s more, they[...]
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What more thoughtful gift could you think of to give than a beautiful rose that you can personalise with a name to celebrate the occasion of your choice? Perhaps you know someone who has a special birthday coming up. Maybe you want to give a rose to someone who has experienced a berievement, to commemorate[...]
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The much loved Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens 2023 was a joy to behold. What a treat to visit a garden in February and have such gorgeous flowers on show. It was truly a sight for sore eyes. This years display in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew took inspiration from the amazing beauty[...]
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