Willow Green Flowers

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Winter at a Glance 

Early winter November – December references the clipped formal hedges and shrubberies of a country house garden in winter, with subtle, clean scents on the frosty air from the small blossoms on the ornamental shrubs; aromatic leaves; vibrant colour from the bare, new stems of willow and dogwood; and plenty of festive foliage to decorate the house for the Christmas visitors.

Colours – scarlet, crimson, flame red, black, brown, purple, white, greens in all shades, variegated green/white

Garden flowers – nigella (dried seed pods), scabious stellata (dried seed heads)

Foliage and filler – coloured willow, dogwood, euonymus, holly, ivy flowers and immature berries, twisted willow (red and yellow), wild rose hips

Wild flowers – great willowherb (seed heads)

Sales points this season: Lancashire Day, St Andrew’s Day, Christmas

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Late winter January – February

references a winter woodland in the countryside, trees where the earliest flowers peep out behind lichened twigs and mossy branches; and catkins on bare stems hint at the coming spring.

Colours – blue, pink, cream, white, pale yellow, purple, emerging foliage, fresh greens

Garden flowers – narcissi,

Foliage and filler – forsythia, hawthorn, hazel, willow, alder, blackthorn, kerria, fruit blossom, periwinkle, dogwood, (grey poplar), (balsam poplar), oak

Wild flowers – (snowdrops), (hellebores)

Sales points this season: New Year, Valentine’s Day

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