{"id":103596,"date":"2021-02-16T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=103596"},"modified":"2021-02-16T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:48:29","slug":"blooming-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming beautiful!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the unanticipated pleasures of chatting to so many experienced and talented gardening experts is that I get to hear about things early on. Talking to David Ponton from Hayloft Plants<\/a>, George Clowes from de Jager<\/a>, Ken Evans from Plants2Gardens<\/a> and of course Richard Jackson<\/a> is always a pleasure, especially when they ask if I would like to try something new.<\/p>\n

Richard did just that last spring when he asked me if I fancied growing some lilies that he was trialing.\u00a0 He told me there was something special about them but wouldn\u2019t say what. Well, they grew well and produced some lovely flowers and when I posted the pictures on Instagram<\/a> last summer, he asked me if I had noticed what was so special about them.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I must say I\u2019m a bit embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t noticed\u2026 they had no pollen! I have now found out that they are the world’s first pollen free, scented oriental lilies and they were beautiful. You will be able to order them this weekend (20th\/21st Feb) as Richard has secured some stock for everyone. Shop them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard also told us all about another plant, which I rather fancy. It\u2019s an Armeria<\/a> and it’s tough as old boots but produces beautiful cup or globe-shaped flowers perennially and it’s evergreen. What\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n

Actually, we\u2019ve got a whole load of beautiful plants coming your way and many of the collections take the stress out of planning and finding. Ken Evans from Plants2Gardens has the gardening pick of the month<\/a> at the moment and it\u2019s a belting offer where you can choose either just the plants or the plants with the planters.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Ken has selected some great plants that will grow so well together, and because they are delivered in May as big ol’ garden ready plants, it means you don\u2019t need window space\u2026 just bung \u2018em in and watch \u2018em grow.\u00a0 All you need is some compost.<\/p>\n

Mind you, even if that is too much Thompson & Morgan have a great Big Deal<\/a> until Sunday where you get everything you need, including plants, compost, feed and pots. All you have to do is water them. Now that\u2019s what I call easy gardening.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Something else I just wanted to draw your attention to is the Innovators Cocoon Chair<\/a>, which is now back in stock. I got one of these a few years ago and it\u2019s the best. Michael Perry just ordered his and everyone is going crazy for them (especially as they have been out of stock for a while). They won\u2019t last long!<\/p>\n

Oh, the joys of looking forward to a new gardening season; planning, shopping, planting and enjoying\u2026 there\u2019s loads in store!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m loving the new Health & Wellbeing slot on QVC Extra<\/a> at 11.00am daily (Sky channel 682 and Freesat channel 802). Great solutions to looking after ourselves when the gyms are shut and lots of advice from the experts on nutrition and supplementation. Pop in sometime!<\/p>\n

Simon x<\/p>\n

@simonbiagi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the unanticipated pleasures of chatting to so many experienced and talented gardening experts is that I get to hear about things early on. Talking to David Ponton from Hayloft Plants, George Clowes from de Jager, Ken Evans from Plants2Gardens and of course Richard Jackson is always a pleasure, especially when they ask if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":103599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,268],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlooming beautiful! | Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blooming beautiful! | Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the unanticipated pleasures of chatting to so many experienced and talented gardening experts is that I get to hear about things early on. Talking to David Ponton from Hayloft Plants, George Clowes from de Jager, Ken Evans from Plants2Gardens and of course Richard Jackson is always a pleasure, especially when they ask if […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QVCUK\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1865\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Simon Biagi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@qvcuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@qvcuk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Simon Biagi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"QVC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/qvcbeauty\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/qvcuk\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/qvcuk\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QVCUK\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qvcuk\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/QVC-Logo-2020.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/QVC-Logo-2020.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"QVC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Stories\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1865},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/\",\"name\":\"Blooming beautiful! | Stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Presenters\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/category\/presenters\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Blooming beautiful!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Simon Biagi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1d151485e566737bc97280540ea7a349\"},\"headline\":\"Blooming beautiful!\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":516,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Presenters\",\"Simon Biagi\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1d151485e566737bc97280540ea7a349\",\"name\":\"Simon Biagi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ab3b0b8e164c4c783fa7a1884026cca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ab3b0b8e164c4c783fa7a1884026cca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Simon Biagi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/author\/simon-biagi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blooming beautiful! | Stories","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blooming beautiful! | Stories","og_description":"One of the unanticipated pleasures of chatting to so many experienced and talented gardening experts is that I get to hear about things early on. Talking to David Ponton from Hayloft Plants, George Clowes from de Jager, Ken Evans from Plants2Gardens and of course Richard Jackson is always a pleasure, especially when they ask if […]","og_url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/","og_site_name":"Stories","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QVCUK\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1865,"url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Simon Biagi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@qvcuk","twitter_site":"@qvcuk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Simon Biagi","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization","name":"QVC","url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/qvcbeauty\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/qvcuk\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/qvcuk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QVCUK\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/qvcuk"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/QVC-Logo-2020.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/QVC-Logo-2020.png","width":1080,"height":1080,"caption":"QVC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/","name":"Stories","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg","width":1800,"height":1865},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/","name":"Blooming beautiful! | Stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Presenters","item":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/category\/presenters\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Blooming beautiful!"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage"},"author":{"name":"Simon Biagi","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1d151485e566737bc97280540ea7a349"},"headline":"Blooming beautiful!","datePublished":"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-16T09:48:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#webpage"},"wordCount":516,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pollen-free-lilies-featured.jpg","articleSection":["Presenters","Simon Biagi"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/simon-biagi\/blooming-beautiful\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1d151485e566737bc97280540ea7a349","name":"Simon Biagi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ab3b0b8e164c4c783fa7a1884026cca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ab3b0b8e164c4c783fa7a1884026cca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Simon Biagi"},"url":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/author\/simon-biagi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103603,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103596\/revisions\/103603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}