White Honesty

In the autumn of 1884, Van Gogh began work on painting a bouquet of the Annual Honesty plant accompanied by dried leaves and stems against blue. This is one of the first still lifes painted by Van Gogh. The origin of the name 'Annual Honesty' is suggested to refer to the Dutch name ‘judaspenning’ or 'coin of Judas'. This is a reference to the apostle Judas, who threw coins to the ground when he hanged himself. Where they landed, the honesty plant later grew.

Our White Honesty arrangement provides a range of dried florals including gypsophila, natural smoke bush and feather fern, all arranged in a ceramic vase. As they are simple to upkeep, they will make a suitable gift for anyone, no matter how much experience they have with flower care.

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