Tag: peonies

  • Perennial Splendour

    Perennial Splendour
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    This is it. The day Bella and I cut the first bouquet is my hands-down, best-of-the-best, favourite day of the calendar year. Peonies. Catmint. Lilac. Chives. Lemon balm. Siberian Iris. Roses.  False Blue Indigo. Spirea. So many perennials to choose from that decisions centre around what to leave out, rather than what to add in. There… Read more

  • Bouquet

    Bouquet

    An early morning bouquet for Bellissima’s room: peonies, third wave of lilacs, rosa rugosas, prolific lemon balm, rotund chive blooms, Siberian iris, Nepeta and all. Seems early for some of these lovelies, a treat for Miss Bella, the bees, and me. Read more