in bloom

Tony Hewitt has lived in Ferryhill, County Durham, with his wife Rita for seven years and said they take delight entering the annual Ferryhill in Bloom competition.

The results of Ferryhill in Bloom 2025 will be announced in September.

In Ukraine's fourth summer of full-scale war the fields around Sumy are dotted with corn and sunflowers, not yet in bloom, and a crop of dragon's teeth - triangles of concrete which can stop tanks in their tracks.

The plant, with its four-petaled yellow flowers in bloom, fills the basin’s meadows and paints a bucolic picture that belies what it really is — an invasive weed that crowds out native plants such as sage and poppy that are crucial to the health of the basin, its natural wildlife and the Los Angeles River that runs through it.

The influential fashion designer’s Daisy Marc Jacobs collection is blossoming this season with the addition of Daisy Wild Eau So Intense, packaged in a sweet bottle topped with a bouquet of wildflowers in bloom.