Friday 7 May 2021
I’ve learnt to be far less snobby about growing flowers lately; because I cut them for the vase, this allows my planting to be free, with an eye for colour and shape rather than planning colour schemes in pots and border. When it comes to cut flowers, you can be far more crazed. I like flowers to be weird and wonderful for cutting. My favourite way to display them inside is simply in single stem vases or even shallow bowls. I ve found that circus-like, larger than life, almost bonkers in form flowers can take a room by storm and once you start arranging them in single stems, you’ll never look at a plant catalogue in the same way again! I like to grow varieties that I know I won’t be able to buy too and if I can, I choose flowers that will scent a room – they re so wonderful in bathrooms and by the bedside. Scent, character, charm and scale are the essentials here, regardless of the season, and don’t forget about seed heads either for the winter months.