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Princess Katherine's bouquet was made fittingly of sweet williams, in tribute to her prince, lily of the valley and myrtle (the bouquet contained a sprig of the herb used in the Queen’s 1947 wedding bouquet). Bouquets classifies it as a small cascade, and is a perfect fit.

Princess Katherine is quite petite and I think the bouquet was in proportion to her. It didn’t take away from the wonderful lace in the dress.

I loved the use of foliages, the English field maple trees lining Westminster Abbey it’s a great way to make a large space feel inviting. It certainly brought the country into the Abbey.

Around the alter I noticed Solomon’s Seal, a green foliage with a little white bell shaped flower, and behind that very lush but loose looking white flowers.

 

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Sweet William

Sweet William is a traditional English Garden plant, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans. It is also called Dianthus barbatus and Indian Carpet.

It is a biennial and has a two-year life cycle. It grows from 6 inches to 2 foot (15 to 60 cms) long.

Sweet William has simple flowers with serrated petals. They have clusters of deliciously clove scented flowers with notched petals and quite broad leaves with entertaining whiskery tufts poking through the flowers. They come in all shades of lilac, pink, white and red; there are single or double varieties; a selection of markings and eyes. It has green, blue-green tapered leaves which are 4-10 cm long and 1-2 cm broad.

It is named after Saint William of York, William the Conqueror, or Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

Lily Of The Valley

Lily of the valley flowers are most commonly white, but there are also pink varieties and those with variegated leaves.  It is a British native, that can be found growing in woods as well as gardens across the UK, and can also be found in Asia and Europe.  Classed as a herbaceous perennial, lily of the valley forms 'colonies' as can be seen in the final photograph to be found at the end of this article.  They do this by means of underground stems called rhizomes or 'pips' which spread prolifically.  The rhizomes send up numerous stems each Spring.  Each stem grows to 15-30 cm tall, with two leaves 10-25 cm long, and a raceme of 5-15 flowers on the top of the stem.  The flowers are bell-shaped, 5-10 mm in diameter, and very sweetly scented.  Flowering is in late spring, most often May.

Solomon's Seal

Solomon's seal is an old cottage garden plant that appears early in spring, producing graceful, arching stems with precisely paired, oval leaves along their length. These are quickly joined by dangling, green-tipped, white bells that persist throughout late spring and early summer. Plants enjoy woodland conditions, and associate well in a cool, shady, humus-rich border with spring flowers such as corydalis and dicentra. Stems and foliage remain eye-catching even after the flowers are over. Solomon's seal also looks superb with hardy ferns to create a combination that lasts all summer. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its Award of Garden Merit.

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