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The wrap-up

June 6, 2010
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Let’s close this week off with a lovely giveaway. We’ve teamed up with Gardeners’ World Live to offer two free tickets to one F&F reader who completes our reader survey. All you need to do is answer the short questions in the su
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Real gardens: Pettifers

June 5, 2010
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It was the two old ladies, who visited Gina Price annually to offer plenty of criticism, who helped Pettifers grow into the extravagantly beautiful, dreamy garden that it is today. ‘My knowledge in those days was virtually non-existent,’
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F&F loves…

June 5, 2010
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…this very generous offer from the very stylish Balcony Boutique. This month, F&F readers can get 15% off on all Balcony Boutique products if they enter the discount code ‘FennelandFern’ when ordering online. If you’ve nev
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{Think outside the vase} June

June 4, 2010
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I love short-lived summer flowers, even if they are time consuming to condition and need to be replaced after a few days. Nigella has fine stems and foliage, and these vases show them off at their best. Ken
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Image of the week by Jacqueline Tinney

June 4, 2010
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Image by Jacqueline Tinney Click here to visit the F&F Flickr group and upload your own photos
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{Ryan’s rare plants} Xeronema callistemon

June 3, 2010
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Image by Carol Green Do you want to grow something different? The flowers on this plant certainly fit that brief. Try to imagine something with the foliage of a Phormium (New Zealand Flax) and the flowers of a Callistemon (Bottlebrush), and you’
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Pinching out broadbean tips

June 2, 2010
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Oh, how beautiful my broad bean plants are now that they are in full flower! Those beautiful monochrome flowers in such thick clusters on cool green stems are totally mesmerising. But when I flick out of gazing at my lovely broad beans, I’ve go
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A plant to love: Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’

June 1, 2010
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I always used to be a terrible foxglove snob. I didn’t care much for the cultivated varieties, preferring instead those huge purple spires that grow wild all over the place. But sometimes it is worth breaking the rules, and so I did when I saw
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