18/10/2023
SHOWGIRL
“With a huge abundance of the fun sweet pea ‘Blue Shift’ in the garden, I decided to play further in the same palette. Opening as magenta, deepening to purple then fading to blue, I complemented the sweet peas with some frou-frou bearded irises, jewel-coloured aquilegia and rich green foliage from a neighbour’s elder tree that was poking through the fence. Airy, cream heuchera flower and spiky purple toadflax fade out the top line and all were plunged into a tall, glam brass vase. The sweet peas were still flowering on lovely extra long stems, but due to their delicacy I added them last, poking them in to be supported on each other and the surrounding stems, with toes still reaching the water. I love the resulting luxurious overflow effect.” -Julia
Flowers for Friends by Julia Atkinson-Dunn
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