Still life, garden flowers. I’m obsessed with these irises which I planted last year but are only just now blooming. Also, that purple flower, Verbascum Phoeniceum, which you may recognize from a couple of posts back. The individual flowers don’t last long, but higher on the stalk, new flowers keep opening - a lovely metaphor for life, don’t you think? #booksandbotanicals
I spent the weekend getting my garden ready for summer, and now, I’m busy freshening up my online shop, with new designs like this one. I’m calling it ‘wildflowers and weeds’ since it features a few of both, and really it’s a fine line between wildflower and weed, isn’t it?! Now, here’s a challenge: can you name all six of these plants? First person to do it gets a free copy of this card! Go! UPDATE: @mkmmswift got it! The plants are: astilbe, yarrow, verbascum, asiatic dayflower (commelina cumminis), flax, campanula. Hope you thought this was as fun as I did! It was not premeditated, but this is probably my hardest card to name - next one will be easier, I promise!
Last of the cherry blossoms for Sunday, the last day I’ll be at the @thegardenclubofamerica boutique. It’s been so much fun to meet and chat with so many other passionate gardeners, conservationists, and plant lovers. If you’re in Boston, and want to come, you’ll have to get up early, it ends today at noon. Happy Sunday, all! #latergram #petalsinprettyrings
Confession: I love these little yellow flowers, known as fig buttercup, lesser celandine, or Ficaria verna. They’re so cheerful and unassuming when they arrive in the spring. But, they’re also considered weedy and invasive in the USA, which I consider license to pluck them by the handfuls. Check out my stories to see them in the wild. For #petalsinprettyrings and #ihavethisthingfortinyflowers
