It is curious how a flower, so often photographed and enjoyed in summer, can have such poignant and painful meaning…
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Bluebells and their Meanings
It was Keats who named the bluebell ‘Sapphire queen of the mid-May’ in his poem ‘Fancy’ 1818. Two hundred years…
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Passion in a Flower
The Passion Flower Passiflora is best explained at Easter despite it blooming in the summer. I worked with plants for…
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Viola – the Cheerful Companion
Who can fail to love these flowers? They are so tiny and yet flower abundantly to give great splashes of…
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Magical Mistletoe
It is snowing as I write this and with the snow comes an eerie silence. The mistletoe embodies this mysterious…
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