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In this gallery of a book, Carolyne Roehm shares her passion for flowers in hundreds of exquisite photographs. Inspired by Irving Penn's iconic Flowers published in 1987, Carolyne has carefully photographed close-ups of her gorgeous blooms and paired them with images of her arrangements, table settings, and her abundant gardens at Weatherstone, her eighteenth-century Connecticut estate. Roses, tulips, daffodils, lilacs, iris, clematis, lilies of the valley, peonies, dahlias, and annuals-are immortalized in this exquisite book. Throughout, Carolyne writes about the flowers with unparalled emotion and attachment, reflecting on their very personal meaning to her, her journey cultivating them, and why she decorates with them as she does. Lush and luxurious, Flowers is one of the most significant and personal volumes in Carolyne's publishing career.

CAROLYNE ROEHM is one of America’s most important tastemakers. She is the author of eleven books, including A Passion for Interiors, A Passion for Blue & White, A Passion for Flowers, A Passion for Parties, At Home with Carolyne Roehm, and Presentations. A columnist for Veranda, she is a frequent lecturer at garden clubs, botanical gardens, junior leagues, and women’s organizations. She divides her time between her exquisite homes in Manhattan and Connecticut.

Contents

Introduction
Daffodil
Iris
Tulip
Lily of the Valley
Lilac
Peony
Clematis
Rose
Dahlia

Acknowledgments

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There are two types of peonies: the herbaceous variety, consisting of individual flowers, and the deciduous shrub. Or, as I like to refer to them, the blondes and the brunettes.
   The blonde herbaceous ones are, like their two-legged sisters, easy to love—they’re big, blowsy, and abundant, and you just want to pull them to you, bury your nose in their crazy, flyaway petals, and inhale that sweet perfume. If this sounds like damning with faint praise, I swear on every brown hair on my head that it isn’t. Blonde peonies put me in mind of Marilyn Monroe (all right, she wasn’t a real blonde, but she had the soul of one): the flowers exude a fantastic life force—they simply explode before your eyes, and everything they are remains on display at all times. Whether you see a great swath of them in the garden or come upon their adorable heads bobbling in a vase, you understand the Marilyn peonies the moment you look at them, and your heart foods with gratitude and pleasure.
   Even so, I’d give a slight edge to the brunette—if the herbaceous variety belongs to Marilyn, the deciduous is Greta Garbo. The beauty of the “tree” peony, as it’s called, is less obvious, more unconventional. You have to unpack layers of mystery to fully appreciate its character; it is fascinating rather than effusive. As with poppies, the petals of a peony can be as delicate and translucent as crepe; the flower’s deep scarlets and magentas manage to be at once boldly saturated and subtly nuanced.
   Though it can break your heart to cut them, a single bloom in a vase will reward long contemplation. I adore my roses the most. But no flower more clearly expresses for me the presence of the spiritual in the realm of nature than this one.

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