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Flower of the Month – The Dahlia…A guest post by Katie Spicer, in collaboration with Vanessa Birley

September 18, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

I’m delighted today to feature photographer Katie Spicer‘s beautiful images of this month’s Flower of the Month. Thank you so much to both Katie and Vanessa Birley for collaborating on this post.

September’s flower had to be the delightful dahlia. Named after the botanist Dr. Anders Dahl, a student of Linnaeus and correctly pronounced dah – lia as opposed to day – lia, as they are commonly known.

Florist Vanessa Birley has continued the tradition well of creating the most beautiful arrangements with dahlias for us.… Read more

Flower of the Month – The Delphinium…A guest post by Katie Spicer, in collaboration with Kate Avery

August 23, 2014 By Rona 3 Comments

I mentioned last week on Facebook that you’re in for such a treat with this month’s ‘Flower of the Month’ blog post by photographer, Katie Spicer. Well, here’s the post with stunning photos by Katie and gorgeous floral designs by Kate! Over to Katie…

This month’s flower of the month is the delphinium. The very talented and super lovely florist Kate Avery of Kate Avery Flowers created the most amazing displays for me to photograph.

“I wanted to create a piece that would showcase the dramatic elegance of the delphinium.… Read more

Flower of the Month – The Rose…A guest post by Katie Spicer, in collaboration with Carolyn Dunster of Simply Roses

July 22, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

I’m delighted to feature another Flower of the Month guest post by photographer Katie Spicer today. For July, Katie takes a look at the beautiful rose, Queen of Flowers and the national emblem of England. Over to you Katie…

Carolyn Dunster of Simply Roses has created the most beautiful arrangement of roses especially for this month’s post.

“I wanted to create a large hand-tied posy that looked as if it had just been picked from an English garden or hedgerow at mid-summer, but using roses purchased at the flower market.… Read more

White Majolica…one of my favourite spray roses

June 10, 2014 By Rona 5 Comments

I adore White Majolica spray roses…their beautifully coloured petals in shades of white, blush and cream, their subtle fragrance and garden rose look. So you can imagine how thrilled I was when I brought some home recently from S Robert Allen at New Covent Garden Flower Market in London. With several blooms on each stem, when their petals unfurl, a soft yellow centre is revealed. It’s no surprise that they’re very popular in wedding flower designs!

P.S. Here’s a link to a New York wedding, which features White Majolica spray roses in the bride’s bouquet.… Read more

Flower of the Month – The Peony…A guest post by Katie Spicer, in collaboration with Sabine Darrall

June 3, 2014 By Rona Leave a Comment

Through writing Flowerona, I feel so privileged to have met some very special people in the world of flowers. Photographer Katie Spicer and florist Sabine Darrall of G Lily are two of them. And Katie has collaborated with Sabine to bring you a new style of guest blog post called ‘Flower of the Month’! Over to you Katie…

Clockwise: Red Charm, Shirley Temple, Gardenia, Coral Charm, Duchesse de Nemours, Monsieur Jules Elie, Sarah Bernhardt

From now on, you will be getting the best of both worlds with my guest blog posts!… Read more