The Summer Collection
Celebrating the abundance of the season, The Summer Collection brings together our favourite summer flowers, from early peonies and sweet peas to dahlias and hydrangeas later in the year.
Each bouquet is designed and hand-tied by our florists in our London studio, with arrangements available for delivery across London and throughout the UK. Thoughtfully curated and beautifully presented, the collection reflects our enduring love of seasonal flowers at their very best.
Taking inspiration from the simple pleasure of long summer afternoons spent with a good book, we have named each bouquet after an iconic British author, past or present.
The Summer Collection
Celebrating nature’s bounty of bold and blousy flowers that bloom during the warmer months, The Summer Collection features our top picks of the season’s best.
From ever-popular peonies and scented sweet peas in early summer to dahlia and hydrangea later in the season, the carefully curated collection incorporates garden favourites for a truly summery feel.
Taking inspiration from the simple pleasure of spending long, lazy summer afternoons with a good book, we have named each luxury bouquet after an iconic British author, past or present.
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The Hollinghurst
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00Joyful cosmos, textural dahlias and ethereal phlox join spray roses and scented stocks in this luxury bouquet inspired by the English country garden in high summer. Named after the Booker Prize-winning author, this design is elegantly understated and quietly sophisticated.
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Cancer – The Zodiac
From: Price range: £145.00 through £375.00Gentle, intuitive and deeply nurturing, Cancer is the zodiac of emotional depth and quiet strength, ruled by the Moon and symbolising sensitivity, memory and care.
This design captures that softness and emotional richness through a fluid, harmonious composition where layered form and gentle movement create a sense of calm and protection. A cool, refined palette of whites, soft blues and fresh greens reflects Cancer’s reflective and atmospheric nature.
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The Potter
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00Named after one of Britain’s most iconic children’s authors, The Potter celebrates all things summer with seasonal varieties of flowers and foliage in the palest pink and blush tones that embody all the romance of a hazy, summer’s afternoon in the garden.
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The Mantel
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00A study in the palest blush and nude tones, this luxury hand-tied bouquet features late summer favourites including Café Au Lait dahlias, English larkspur and astilbe. Texture is added with lunaria seed-heads and fluffy hare’s tail grasses.
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The Orwell
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00The warming, sunset tones of The Orwell epitomise late summer evenings in the English country garden. Named after the iconic British author, this luxury bouquet combines coral coloured dahlias, garden roses and achillea with contrasting burgundy smokebush and physocarpus foliage.
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The Christie
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00The Christie combines seasonal coral and apricot tones in a sugary bouquet, perfect for the sweet-tooth in your life. Saucer-like garden roses and flamboyant, colour-changing peonies join delicate astilbe and English lisianthus in this riotous yet romantic luxury confection.
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Cream Tea British Peonies
From: Price range: £135.00 through £275.00These cloud-like ivory peonies are grown locally on a British peony farm by expert growers meaning they are the best quality available and have a much lower carbon footprint than imported flowers.
Delivered as a single variety bunch, these Cream Tea British Peonies are easy to arrange, allowing you to sit back and let their unique beauty speak for itself.
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The Dahl
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00The sugared almond palette of this luxury hand-tied bouquet evokes the joy and innocence of childhoods spent playing in an English country garden. Like the well-loved author, The Dahl has a playful personality and celebrates the more colourful characters amongst the season’s flowers.
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The Tolkien
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00Bold colours and contrasting forms ensure this seasonal bouquet catches the eye and makes a statement. Vibrant marigolds, flowering dill and bright blue cornflowers combined with ombre snapdragons, zinnias and summer grasses make for a riotous mix that is not for the fainthearted.
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The Fleming
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00Reminiscent of a summer meadow, dainty daisies and fluffy nigella lend an air of romance to this luxury hand-tied. Named after the creator of a certain fictional secret agent, The Fleming serves sophistication in the classic Paul Thomas colour combination of pale lemon and baby blue.
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Candy Floss British Peonies
From: Price range: £135.00 through £275.00These beautiful pastel pink peonies are one of the most popular early summer flowers, arriving as tight buds that slowly unfurl over time to reveal extravagant round blooms with soft, fluffy centres and a delicate, sweet scent.
Grown locally on a British peony farm by expert growers, these peonies are the best quality available and have a much lower carbon footprint than imported flowers. They are available for a limited period only whilst in season.
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The Hardy
From: Price range: £95.00 through £375.00Deep blue and purple tones make for a moody interpretation of a stormy summer garden with towering delphiniums, wild aquilegia and nodding campanulas. An ode to the well-known Victorian realist novelist, The Hardy has a brooding beauty sure to make a lasting impression.
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Raspberry Sorbet British Peonies
From: Price range: £135.00 through £275.00Delivered as a single variety bunch, these beautiful Raspberry Sorbet British Peonies are easy to arrange, allowing you to enjoy the unique beauty of peony flowers uninterrupted.
These opulent, cerise coloured peonies are one of the most popular summer flowers, arriving as tight buds that slowly unfurl over time to reveal large, blousy blooms with intricately ruffled centres and a beautiful, summery scent.
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The Doyle
From: Price range: £95.00 through £235.00Sometimes less is more and when it comes to hydrangeas we think they deserve their own moment in the spotlight. With long stems and flower heads measuring around 20cm in diameter, our single variety bouquets of one of summer’s stand out stars never fail to impress.
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The Huxley
From: Price range: £95.00 through £235.00The elegant simplicity of our single variety bouquets of hydrangeas makes for an effortlessly beautiful gift or decoration fo your own home. With long stems and flower heads measuring around 20cm in diameter, these bold, cerise hydrangeas epitomise the warmer summer season.
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The Lawrence
From: Price range: £95.00 through £235.00With flower heads measuring around 20cm diameter and long stems, hydrangeas are undoubtedly the stars of their own show with no need for sidekicks. Our single variety bouquets of pale blue blooms offer a refreshing coolness to the warmer summer days, whatever the occasion.
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Sherry Trifle British Larkspur
From: Price range: £95.00 through £155.00These beautiful off-white larkspur are grown in the UK by expert flower farmers that have passed on their growing skills down the generations. As they are locally-sourced they are fresher and have a much lower carbon footprint that imported flowers.
Delivered as a single variety bunch, our Sherry Trifle British Larkspur are easy to arrange making for an effortlessly elegant and eco-friendly addition to any room.
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Rhubarb Crumble British Larkspur
From: Price range: £95.00 through £155.00Delivered as a single variety bunch, our Rhubarb Crumble British Larkspur look beautiful arranged on their own or mixed with other blooms. With spire-like blossoms in pale pink, they are available for a limited period only during the summer months.
Grown locally in the UK by expert farmers, these flowers are the best quality available and have a much lower carbon footprint that imported flowers.
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