Links on our site are monetised, it means we can keep our platform free to use, without compromising on impartiality. Have a look at her site and see all the flower arrangements being created each week by gardeners all around the world. Joan doesn’t have the faintest idea who I am, but she does think I’m a ‘very nice lady’ come to visit her, and I can live with that. In the front garden, lining the path to the front door, there’s gorgeously-scented Mrs Sinkins pinks. Above the doors, I often place a wreath of fresh flowers and in this photo it’s a selection of roses from the garden.

It’s a very late flowering type with short pedicels, making the flowers fling out and look up at you. In the folding glass doors you can see a reflection of the trees, hedgerows and fields behind our garden. For my young daughters, one a newly qualified nurse, working with desperately ill patients right now.These Oasis Diamante Pins will add glamorous, glistening detail to your floral wraps, wreaths and more. And thanks for hosting such a lovely, friendly meme with members growing and arranging flowers all around the world for the past nine years. Nasturtiums will clamber up the sweetcorn as it makes a sturdy support for annual climbers and scramblers. When we were eventually allowed to visit, it was in the garden only, with everyone wearing plastic aprons, blue plastic gloves, masks and face shields.

Whether or not we're paid doesn't change how hot a deal can potentially get - that's only up to hotukdeals members. As the floral foam wreath rings give structure and normally sit in a foam tray, they can be easily transported which is a key consideration for occasions such as funerals. When I got home I had a quick look through my photo album and found some of my favourite summer flowers. This time, the jam jar flowers are chrysanthemums and salvias set off with grey-leaved senecio viravira and golden oak leaves which dry and can be used all winter.

They are beautiful though, and the bees and butterflies enjoying the pollen are currently a wonderful sight.

Stems are virtually thorn free, and the scent is a cross between melon and pineapple, fresh and summery. These flower later than the others in my garden and it’s lovely to extend the snowdrop season with something special like this. We allow plants to grow and any that fit in with our wildlife-centred scheme of things are allowed to stay. Gardeners join in from all around the world and it’s fascinating to see how many of us are growing the same flowers at the same time in different countries. It’s been rather lovely looking through my photo album as the temperature suddenly dips to zero here!In both our gardens we planted a range of daffodils to flower from February right through till the end of April. I soon had 20 plants to cover a quarter of one of my vegetable and flower beds sited next to the greenhouse. And tucked in the middle is this fimbriated cactus dahlia, possibly Apache, which came from Gee-Tee Bulbs. This gives the arrangement a stability and keeps the stems of the flowers moist without a huge volume of water to worry about.

Chrysanths can cope with the cold, but wet weather spoils the flowers, so I lift the pots into the unheated poly tunnel the first week of November. In amongst my cut flowers, I grow vegetables such as peas, climbing beans, courgettes, sweet corn and beetroot. Next into the mix is this blue limonium, or statice, which is another flower which can be dried and is very easy to grow as an annual at home. I collect seeds too, but it might not come back exactly the same colour as nasturtiums readily hybridise.It’s too expensive for BT to extend the cable down our lane, so we are stuck with speeds that are too slow to upload photos or do internet banking. My luxury, having saved money on second hand items, is an electricity supply to the potting shed and greenhouse. I’ve taken note, and next year there will be several rows of these beauties lining my cut flower beds. David founded Howard Nurseries in Wortham, near Diss and had a passion for dahlias and chrysanthemums. I also have Timeless Purple, which is highly recommended for scent and for long -lasting flowers in a vase.