A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster French blooms and also Polygonatum multiflorum

and also Polygonatum multiflorum

Half Hardy

and a wonderfully old-fashioned plant

Get lost in their stories as you search for hidden objects amongst the blooms

and they'll flower all summer into autumn

A Floral Feast | Carolyn Dunster French blooms and also Polygonatum multiflorumFlowers 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