A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster Samantha Gray The best fruit production occurs

The best fruit production occurs when these shrubs are planted in groups or massed for better cross pollination

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Any formative pruning is best done after flowering

pendulous racemes of fragrant

A really unusual leaf shape

A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster Samantha Gray The best fruit production occursFlowers have probably been used in cooking for as long as people have been preparing and flavouring food. In China cooks were experimenting with chive flowers in 3000 BC and the Romans frequently added blooms to their dishes. Today flowers are often seen as an exotic extra employed only by professional chefs. While we are all taking a greater interest in the provenance of our food, adding more plant based ingredients to our diets, experimenting with