Abstract
William III and Mary II shared a keen interest in gardening, botany, and interiors, and real and decorative flowers played an important part in display at their Dutch and English palaces. At Paleis Het Loo and Hampton Court Palace, they cultivated flowers and fruit sourced through national and international networks of collectors. Flowers grown in the gardens were displayed in the palace interiors, often in specially commissioned Delftware vases, or represented in paintings and textiles, blurring the boundaries between different media, and between real and fictive flowers. This interdisciplinary chapter brings together Dutch and English scholarship, exploring the importance of flowers to William and Mary, as a leisure pursuit, and as a demonstration of economic and political power.
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