Don’t fret, little neighbour,
says kind fairy V,
You’re welcome to share
all my flowers with me..

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Nasturtium the jolly,
O ho, O ho!
He holds up his brolly
Just so, just so!

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Lovely, lovely things for L!
Lilac, Lavender as well;
And, more sweet than rhyming tells,
Lily-of-the-Valley’s bells

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A favourite dahlia, ‘Molly Raven’ in black and white.

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V is for viper's bugloss!

📸Watercolour of Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss) by Caroline Maria Applebee, 1825.

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- letter I is for Iris!

📸Watercolour of 'Iris missouriensis', Miss Williamson, 1908.

1 of 35 paintings made for Ellen Wilmott of varieties from her Essex garden Warley Place. Famous for its vast plant collection, Warley became derelict after Wilmott's death.

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Day 7 - G is for gladioli!

↙️ Gladiolus carneus (painted lady)
👨‍🎨Sydenham Edwards, c.1814

↘️Gladiolus dalenii (dragon's head lily)
👩‍🎨Caroline Maria Applebee, 1833

© RHS Lindley collection

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..ok its not an actual bloom ..but you have to admit this cabbage is worthy of being part of

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