How come the best flowers either end of the season?

Move over narcissus...

Oct 31, 2023

∙ Paid

I love chrysanthemums. Not garage forecourt bottom of the bin Saturday afternoon supermarket plastic wrapped ones, not those. The ones that I grow; I reckon they are due a rebranding.

This is a fairly nascent love affair.

You see, there aren't really that many different cut flowers. That's why we pour over the seed and plant catalogues each year looking for the new varieties, a juicy colour combination or petal shape.

We are all after something a little sparkly aren't we?

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