Spring
Spring returns in its full glory with the arrival of tulips, narcissi, anemones, ranunculus, blossom and so much more! We bring you the pick of the crop from our members’ flower farms at the start of the growing year.
Be inspired by British flowers in spring, summer, autumn and winter as we share the extraordinary range of blooms and foliages grown by our members in each of the four seasons.
Spring returns in its full glory with the arrival of tulips, narcissi, anemones, ranunculus, blossom and so much more! We bring you the pick of the crop from our members’ flower farms at the start of the growing year.
Spring flowers in joyful colours, including tulips, narcissi and wallflowers, grown by Elder & Wild, Nottingham.
Sweet impression tulips make great cut spring flowers and open up huge soft pink goblet shaped blooms to reveal dramatic markings within, Cotswold Posy Patch, Gloucestershire.
Peonies bloom between April and June, like these beauties grown by Floral Harvest, Suffolk.
Sweet peas are a beloved scented springtime bloom, like these growing at Gordon Castle Walled Garden, Scotland.
Explore more images of the freshest flowers, the newest growth and the excitement of flower farmers as their flower fields burst back into life with colour and growth returning after the long winter months.
As the bulb flowers of spring fade, our summer season of floral abundance begins with the arrival of roses and the seeds that we’ve sown earlier in the year start to put on an amazing show of variety and colour. Bring on the sunshine!
Roses begin to flower in late spring, providing gorgeous blooms through early summer (photo by Wildbunch Flowers, Shropshire).
A yellow-themed bouquet of summer flowers including coreopsis, rudbeckia and marigolds, Harebell & Bee, Gloucestershire.
British flower fields are bursting with colour during the summer (blue and pink flower collection by Ravenshill Flower Farm, Gloucestershire).
A white summer sheaf by Picking Posies, Lancashire.
See more flowers including dahlias, zinnias, sunflowers, snapdragons, phlox and cosmos. Tempting the butterflies and bees into our growing areas, the gorgeous summer blooms grown by our members are also food for the eyes and the soul.
Nature inspires us with colour as the rich tones of foliage work to complement the fiery colours of late season flowers. Seedheads and stems provide sculptural forms and our members are already making plans for what to grow next year.
This autumn bouquet by Tuckshop flowers (Birmingham) includes bright autumn leaves, rudbeckia and crocosmia.
A display of autumn colours, by Wildly Beautiful Flowers, Bristol.
An autumnal bunch featuring lots of yellow rudbeckia, by Green Rabbit Flowers, Cornwall.
Seasonal abundance from the Sussex Cutting Garden, East Sussex.
As abundance diminishes, the flowers that remain are treasured for the colours and forms which they bring to our flower fields and arrangements. Dried treasures from summer extend variety in bouquets and autumn wreaths and dahlias and chyrsanthemums take us up to the first frosts of the late autumn and winter season.
A season to celebrate British foliage as the softer growth of summer matures and becomes a firm favourite for floristry. The fresh scents of pine, eucalyptus and spruce tell you that winter is here. Bring them indoors along with precious winter blooms to enjoy up close in the warmth!
A fresh evergreen wreath for winter, made with British grown foliage, berries and nigella seedheads, by Fierce Blooms, Cheshire.
Snowdrops and heather bring beauty to a winter casket spray by Tuckshop Flowers, Birmingham.
This winter funeral wreath was created with pale green hellebore flowers, snowdrops and Cornish white heather, by Tuckshop Flowers, Birmingham.
Delicately wrapped Iris reticulata make an attractive winter gift, Clodhopper Blooms, Cumbria.
Decorate your home with evergreen foliages like holly, ivy, pine and bay, winter bulbs and perennials including snowdrops and hellebores and winter-flowering shrubs such as viburnum, hazel and skimmia.
Visit the gallery to find out what’s in bloom now, or use our learning resources to find out more about UK seasonality.