Favourite Flowers

About this book

Over the years artist Elizabeth Blackadder has sketched and painted every variety of plant that grows in her garden. While her watercolors are meticulously accurate the graphic placing of the blooms leaves and stems and the bold expression of color far transcend the realm of botanical art. In Favourite Flowers Blackadders exquisite watercolors are collected for the first time. Accompanying the paintings is commentary by gardening author Deborah Kellaway who considers each of the artists favorite flowers: irises poppies tulips lilies and orchids. She also provides a history of each plant its place in painting and in the garden as well as brief cultivation notes. An irresistible gift book for lovers of art and the garden.