Floating Flowers from Petersham Nurseries
This is something I started in February of last year, when rain filled a huge metal container, a vast pedestal bowl with ornate handles that originally had it’s home in the Bank of Rome in Italy, somewhere (one of a pair). Too much water to drain easily, I floated Hellebores on the surface of the near-black water and an institution was born. With the Beast from the East bringing freezing temperatures in March, the bowl froze and the flower heads […]
Categories: Bulbs, colour, Cutting Garden, General comment, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden • Tags: Beast from the East, bronze, floating flowers, Frozen, Hellebores, Indian Cart, Petersham Nurseries, Richmond, Tulips
