The Flower of the day is Sweet William, also known as Dianthus Barbatus. Sweet William is an herbaceous biennial growing to a height of 30 – 75 cm’s. Its leaves are 4 – 10 cm’s long and 1 – 2 cm’s broad. The flowers are closely packed into bunches of 30 at the top of the stems. You can find Sweet William flowers in white, pink, red and purple.

For many generations Sweet Williams have been used in floristry and in gardening. What is quite a nice touch to this flower is that in the Victorian language of flowers, it symbolises gallantry, finesse and Perfection. This heroic flower is also perfect for attracting birds with its nectar as well as bees and butterflies. How lovely is that! Sweet William flowers are also considered edible, so they are perfect for decorating dishes as well.

Here is a display I have made for my kitchen. I have used one of my teapots and put a small bit of oasis at the bottom of the teapot, just big enough to fit through the hole of the teapot. Then, I just grouped the Sweet William flowers in groups that I liked most. Of course this will depend on whether you have bought your flowers or cut them from your own garden. But in this case I bought them and had to make-do of the selections I got. But I think it adds a lovely bit of coziness to a kitchen, just like a country cottage kitchen!
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