Julia Atkinson-Dunn

Studio Home's Julia Atkinson-Dunn knows a thing or two about flowers. Here's how to grow and arrange her favourite blooms like floral-pro. 1. Dahlias When I was fresh to flower gardening, dahlias were a kind of rite of passage. After I had played around with fun annuals, then dipped a toe in uncomplicated perennials, dahlias not only demanded a little more attention in their preparation and care, but rewarded me with the most impressive blooms.

A casual bunch of rudbeckia in my studio with asters, bog sage and lupins. Julia Atkinson-Dunn gives her garden the Midas touch with sunny rudbeckias. This is everything you need to know about growing them in your garden. I can say, with hand on heart, that I never set out to populate my garden with orange-yellow flowers. While orange and yellow will never venture into my house via paint or homeware, colour from Mother Nature is different and rudbeckias are now a full-blown obsession for me.