Chrysanthemums are not only pronounced in a hurry (shortened to mums or chrysanths), they also are bought in a hurry—in random colors that look dyed, and often are.

The Keys to Success: Growing flowers that aren’t readily available in any of the commercial flower markets: Historic English Florists’Tulips dating back to 1760, Persian Fritillaries, Cedric Morris Irises…

Polly Nicholson, a Wiltshire-based florist and grower with a taste for adventure, shares with us the results of her zinnia trials this autumn…

Sweet pea enthusiasts know that when they go on vacation it’s a good idea to get someone in, not only to feed the cat but to cut their sweet peas…

Polly Nicholson’s walled garden in Wiltshire is a balance of form and function. There are rows of vegetables and flower-filled cutting beds for her business Bayntun Flowers, with room for topiaries, a pond, and free-ranging plants…

Britain’s surviving flower farmers are diversifying to appeal to new audiences, and new entrepreneurs are emerging.

Polly’s outbuilding has been designed for efficiency over the centuries and she has continued with this ethos. An enfilade of light leads from the front of the stables…

The zeitgeist flower for growers and florists this year is the fritillary. Not the little snake’s heads, long since fêted, but their taller, sturdier, more architectural relations, Fritillaria persica…

It was exciting to be a featured florist for British Flowers Week 2016 – New Covent Garden Flower Market’s annual campaign is so crucial. We’re looking forward to seeing this year’s designs!

Some of Polly Nicholson’s earliest memories recall days as a small child exploring her parents’ garden with wonder – searching for wild flowers, taking in their scent, and being transfixed by the beautiful blooms…