Buy now Philippa Craddock Bobbington Bouquet: From £65 philippacraddock.com Granted, she or he will have to be really special to warrant a bouquet with this kind of price tag, but this bunch of anemones, garden roses, ranunculus, tulips and foliage really is a feast for the eyes of deep reds, purples and greens.
Absolutely packed with peony-like, shell pink Italian ranunculus flowers, which are complemented by a mass of astrantia, it's all about pastels and romance and finished off with decadent signature ribbon.
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) This yellow star is normally the first spring flower (snowdrops being winter flowers) and normally appears in early March, but parts of December were so mild that it was flowering in the west country.
Anemones, carnations, ranunculus and tulips were their first loves.
"More beautiful flowers like ranunculus are gorgeous but a total nightmare to get into floral foam.
Last order 11th February by 12 noon Buy now 5. Hot Tramp, from £75, Rebel Rebel The title, if you hadn't guessed, is homage to David Bowie's song Rebel Rebel, which includes the lyrics, "Hot Tramp, I love you so!" Including black cloni ranunculus, pale pink fragrant garden roses, blush anemones, cherry blossom, silvery foliage and orange Icelandic poppy, it's edgy, wild and utterly fabulous.
The trunk had a nice pair of prongs, thick as hams, one of which eventually held an iron urn with a Thompson signature: swooningly asymmetrical "mixed bunches" (Mrs. Spry's term) of spirea, tulips, jasmine, fritillary, hellebores and ranunculus.
The odd man out — and a delightful surprise to see at the room's elegant, ranunculus-full tables — was Antony Hegarty, the lead singer for Antony and the Johnsons.
Here, the actress Jessica Biel, with her engagement ring on-hand, stocks up at the farmers' market in Los Angeles; the model Kate Moss softens all black with pale pink tulips; and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pairs a more formal arrangement of roses and ranunculuses to go with her cornflower blue dress.
Take the Walk on the Wild Side, a self-guided tour through woods and meadows that offers time to enjoy the expansive allées and meadows; the site of the old hay barn, where Greek maidens stroll among the lilacs; and the continuing restoration projects in the woodlands, which are still full of multiflora roses and ranunculuses.
(After inspecting a slew of runway images, Ost declared Balenciaga's summer prints, which he suspects are of poppies and ranunculuses, to be "very refined").
