Image by Lindsey Click here to visit the Fennel&Fern Flickr group and upload your own images {Weekly wrap-up} Hot posts, stories and images from the web this week. Gorgeous post on Design Sponge featuring Daphne. The wonderful winners of the RHS Photographic Competition have been announced. Lila Das Gupta has written a brilliant post for [...]

Hellebores are perfect plants for dull positions. Their beautiful paper blossoms are a league above many other plants grown for their winter colour such as hideous primula. They prefer part-shade and rich soil. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to [...]

The Bristol Onion, Allium sphaerocephalon or ’round-headed leek’ can only be found on the slopes of the Avon Gorge in Bristol. Its red-purple flowers are smaller than a fifty pence piece, and are borne on thin, stiff stems up to 30cm long. It is thought to have evolved in the isolation of the gorge, which [...]

‘I love Peas!’ orginally uploaded by magnusmagnus. Peas have got a reputation for being a little tricky, but they’re more than worth the hassle. You’ll nver buy a packet of frozen petis pois once you’ve eaten your own produce. As soon as peas are picked, their natural sugars begin to convert to starch, so eat [...]