https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1683238 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:57:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1683238 Just beautiful- and a great showcase for all your beautiful pots and jugs

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1682345 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:34:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1682345 Noting the wild garlic slipped in with the foncy hellebores.
Melancholy Gentleman is an old name for Astrantia which I have always loved for it’s geometry, curiousness, restraint & graphic quality. I learned the flower & the name from an elderly Jewish American friend long gone, so I’m not sure on the origin.
She was a tremendous & naturalistic gardener which starchier folks did not appreciate. She had a country garden in London.
She used to say “You are as welcome as the flowers in the spring” & meant it, too. I miss her.
It’s a nice rememberance to have.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1681325 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:44:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1681325 Gorgeous, all of them.
Been said before, but that is a beautiful set of containers.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1681209 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:28:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1681209 Paperwhites!
The vibrant purple sweetpeas, the tulips, the elegant quince blossom.
But then the unselfconscious rustic beauty of the camomile with Michalemas daisies …

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680654 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:29:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680654 I love them all. The flowers and lovely containers are made even more beautiful in your evocative interiors.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680637 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:18:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680637 Those giant sunflowers are definitely doing it for me!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680603 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:20:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680603 Thank you very much for this interesting information. My grandmother loves to plant flowers at home.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680602 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:16:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680602 For me nothing beats the smouldering atmosphere & colour of the sweet peas.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680589 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:29:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680589 ]]> Hard to choose a favourite since I love them all and they are arranged so beautifully in your wonderful collection of vases, Pitcher and trug. Thank you GA🙏

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/12/flowers-of-2024/#comment-1680585 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:56:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201951#comment-1680585 I love the beautiful, rich colour of those sweetpeas. So simple, but so incredibly striking.

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