GQT at 主播大秀: Worm Casts and Rainy Day Plants
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Peter Gibbs.
Joining him on the panel are pests and diseases expert Pippa Greenwood, RHS curator Matthew Pottage, and plantsman Matt Biggs. They answer questions about worm casts, shrubs that look best in rainy climes, and bouquet trends.
Away from the questions, Matthew Wilson and his wife, Jane, discuss how to secure blooming success, and Peter Gibbs speaks to Janet Terry and Jo Wenham of the Millennium Seed Bank about collecting, storing and sowing seeds to unlock their full potential.
Producer - Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer - Rosie Merotra
A Somethin' Else production for 主播大秀 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� I鈥檝e got some strawberry rhubarb growing in the garden. Last year it produced one good crop and then very little after that. Can you tell me what I鈥檝e done wrong and how can I sort it out?
(1 minute 47 seconds)
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Q 鈥� In the last couple of years, the flowers on our hydrangeas started going brown before the others had even opened. What are we doing wrong?
(4 minutes 51 seconds)
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Q 鈥� What do plants do at night?
(7 minutes 22 seconds)
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Matt 鈥�
Araujia sericifera (cruel plant)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Zaluzianskya ovata
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Q 鈥� Each winter the lawn in my back garden resembles a ploughed field due to the excessive number of worm casts. I don鈥檛 want to harm them but would like to find a solution. 听
(11 minutes 29 seconds)
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Feature 鈥� Matthew Wilson and his wife, Jane, on how to secure blooming success
(14 minutes, 46 seconds)
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Ranunculus
Calendula
Lupin
Hollyhock
Sweetpeas
Alstroemeria
Dahlia
Chrysanthemum
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Q 鈥� I have a mixed border that鈥檚 looking very bitty. What could the panel suggest I plant to give some cohesion?
(19 minutes, 1 second)
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Matthew 鈥�
Eupatorium听capillifolium 'Elegant Feather'
Panicum 鈥楴辞谤迟丑飞颈苍诲鈥�
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Pippa 鈥�
Alium
Verbena bonariensis
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Matt 鈥�
Bay
Roses
Clematis
Wisteria
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Q 鈥� What does the panel make of the current trend to pad out a bouquet of flowers with small cabbages?
(24 minutes, 13 seconds)
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Feature 鈥� Peter Gibbs speaks to Janet and Jo from Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst about collecting, storing and sowing seeds
(28 minutes, 39 seconds)
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Q 鈥� How can I cut back a very old and enormous Garrya elliptica which has taken over my front garden?
(32 minutes, 56 seconds)
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Matt 鈥�
鈥楯ames Roof鈥�
Dryopteris erythrosora
Hart's-tongue fern
Cyclamen hederifolium
Euphorbia robbiae
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Matthew 鈥�
Osmanthus
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Q 鈥� Could you suggest shrubs and perennials that look good in or after rain? I already have Alchemilla mollis and a small group of Acers.
(36 minutes, 36 seconds)
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Pippa 鈥�
Hosta
Stachys lanata (尝补尘产鈥檚-别补谤)
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Matt 鈥�
Snowdrops
Dark Betula
Rhododendrons
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Cotinus (smoke bush) 鈥楻oyal Purple鈥�
Cotinus (smoke bush) 鈥楥andyfloss鈥�
Hosta 鈥楨mpress Wu鈥�
Hosta 鈥楨mpress Wu鈥�
Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans
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Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Jan 2021 15:00主播大秀 Radio 4
- Sun 31 Jan 2021 14:00主播大秀 Radio 4
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