PRIMROSE, DAFFS
MARCH
Beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’)
Blackberry (Rubus)
Cowslip (Primula)
Daffodil (Narcissus ‘Elka’, ‘Jack Snipe’, ‘Minnow’, ‘Blushing Lady’, ‘Spoirot’)
Lenten rose (Helleborus ‘Ice n’ Roses’ & ‘Harvington Apricot’)
Netted iris (Iris reticulata ‘North Star’)
Radde's fritillary (Fritillaria raddeana)
Sacred bamboo (Nandina domestica)
Silver berry (Eleagnus commutata)
Wind flower (Anemone ‘The Bride’)
Ceramic bowl from Korea with a pitted tobacco glaze
Kenzan
A cheering bowl of flowers after a week of non-stop London rain; this citrine concoction of early spring flowers and pretty leaves is a celebration of slowly (but surely!) inching toward those warmer, lighter days. I want to avoid the arrangement being too ‘contrast-y’ - with a mix of pale flowers and much darker foliage this can look blocky. To soften and bridge the two extremes I introduce some lighter green foliage - khaki and olive, and a few touches of bronze from the Nandina. This immediately feels more nuanced and the bronze picks up the brown tones in the hellebore petals.