Carnations

A floral tribute to brighten up a dull day using a blue stained glass panel as a colour-contrasting backdrop. If you are a gardener there is a good article in the Guardian about choosing varieties to grow -http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/28/gardens-carnations
"Choose carefully", it states,  "plant differently and the much maligned dianthus – carnation or pink are its common names – is loose, ethereal and pleasingly wild.'"