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Episode 28

Episode 28 of 31

Gardening series. Monty Don demonstrates how to protect tender plants over winter and prepares for spring, whilst Carol gives a practical guide to propagating plants via cuttings.

With the first frosts beginning to bite, Monty Don takes some practical steps to preserve and protect tender plants like cannas and shares tips on how to over-winter dahlias. Also, with an eye on next spring, Monty plants up containers with tulips and pansies as well as planting out wallflowers grown from seed. Now is also the perfect time to plant apple trees and Monty will be sharing advice on planting and training step-over apples.

Carol Klein will be at Glebe Cottage demonstrating just how easy it is to make more of our favourite plants for free by taking cuttings from their roots. As well as giving an insight into which plants can be reproduced in this way, she'll also be giving us a practical guide on how to do this type of propagation.

In the gardens of West Dean in Sussex, Joe discovers a fantastic collection of fruit which has been trained to take up the minimum of space but which yields maximum crops. He finds out not only how it is done but also how fruit grown in this way is ideal for smaller gardens.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Oct 2012 20:30

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Role Contributor
Presenter Monty Don
Presenter Carol Klein
Presenter Joe Swift
Producer Louise Hampden
Series Producer Liz Rumbold

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