May showers, June flowers!

I'm sitting in my office, looking out on the little garden we planted at the shop last summer, with the help of green-thumbed friends, family and customers. At last, a few weeks of strong sunshine have made a world of difference to the rain-soaked plants. Dormant for too long, everything has exploded like an organic fireworks show, like butterflies released from a cage. The hostas are enormous, the hydrangea bushy and the David Austin rose bushes are bowed over with heavy blooms. I can smell their fragrance coming in through my office window. Can I just say that I work in a beautiful place? 

After months of extended cold weather in most growing regions of the world, flowers are now coming on with a gorgeous vengeance. Stems are taller, blossoms are bigger, variety is as good if not better than years past. Locally, our sources are delivering the most delicious peonies (on special through the 24th!), heavenly sweet peas, grand eremerus and whimsical allium. The colors and fragrances are to die for. Just in time for wedding season, it's good to be a florist, when each day brings a new crop to enjoy.

Eremerus, Iris and Sweet Peas

Sam and I sniff the Sweet Peas