Whether you’ve got a garden, patio, deck, balcony or simply a small backyard, I’m sure you’ll agree that being able to look out at some colourful flowers helps brighten up the space.
If you’re strapped for time or don’t have remotely green fingers, then don’t panic – there’s an easy solution to hand!
Set Your World on Flowers has come up with a great concept so that everyone can enjoy fresh looking flowers outside throughout the summer. They’ve grown selected varieties of flowers with a ‘secret formula’ (so secret that we can’t tell you what it is) so that the flowers will stay bold, beautiful and in bloom for at least 40 days – all you need to do is water them.
Given the unpredictability of the British weather, that’s quite a claim….so they sent us some to try out and put to the test.
Here’s what they looked like when they arrived:
As you can see, they arrived in a riot of colour, with gorgeous pink and purple flowers and lots of healthy green looking leaves. Although a lot of the flowers were blooming away happily already, there were still lots of buds waiting to open, which was encouraging to see.
So the plants have been outside on our patio ever since, in wind, rain and sun. They’ve survived being accidentally blown over when it got rather windy , being baked in the sun and occasionally going without water after someone (ahem…) forgot to water them.
A month on, here’s how they’re looking today:
Still blooming, hooray! I adore both of the pink ones, they’ve got lovely subtleties of colour and they’re looking gorgeous. The dark purple flowers provides a striking contrast and are an ideal colour combination.
Of course some flowers have gone over, petals have fallen off – that’s only to be expected from a natural plant, you can’t control it’s growth completely without doing more to it – but all things considered, they’re still looking really good.
The Set Your World on Flowers products are currently available exclusively from selected Waitrose stores.
Find out more at www.setyourworldonflowers.com, or check them out on Twitter and Instagram
(Disclaimer: We received these plants for review, but all views and opinions are our own).
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